That’s the idea that was being tossed around yesterday in the Senate, where several White House officials testified before the Banking Committee on the early failure of federal efforts to control the rising tide of foreclosures.
It was Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to broach the topic, proposing a More…
While the plight of homeowners affected by the real estate meltdown has been well-documented, renters too often fall under the radar. Although tenants’ advocacy groups credit recently passed national legislation for including some protections, they charge that the new law only scratches the surface.
The number of renters being forced More…
At Newsweek, Sheriff Thomas Dart of Cook County in Chicago offers an unusually personal look at the process of throwing someone out of their home in a foreclosure eviction, something he still often refuses to do. Dart stopped doing evictions after discovering too many instances of owners with More…
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