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Waters Faces Ethics Trial Over Bank Bailout

By | 08.02.10 | 8:59 am

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will face a House ethics trial over allegations that she intervened to encourage the bailout of a bank her husband owned stock in. Waters sits on the House Financial Services Committee, and is the head of its housing and community opportunity subcommittee.

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Banks with Deep Pockets Dodge Foreclosure Damages

By | 12.30.08 | 8:53 am

The fight that neighborhoods in Cleveland are launching against banks that dump vacant and vandalized foreclosed homes back onto the real estate market received a bit of a setback, as I noted in my story Monday. A private, non-profit housing advocacy group had filed suit in local housing court More…

Home Ownership Is Not a Dirty Word

By | 10.24.08 | 9:19 am

At Economist’s View, Mark Thoma brings up a subject no one seems to want to talk about anymore – helping people with modest incomes buy homes.

In the housing crisis, poor people — of all the likely suspects — are playing the role of scapegoats. Conservatives support the idea More…