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Financial product safety (www.prospect.org) TMC

As our nation's economic crisis spreads and trillions of dollars are disbursed to keep the banks afloat, it's easy to forget that the catastrophe began with the peddling of a toxic retail-credit... More

Tags: tmc,tapped,banks,credit,mortgaged,wall street,american prospect,homeowners,middle class

Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Report: Nearly One in Four Homeowners Underwater (washingtonindependent.com) TMC

As Congress jousts over the effectiveness of the stimulus package to stir economic activity, it’s worth noting that homeowners — whose troubles are at the root of the economic crisis — continue... More

Tags: tmc,washington independent,house,housing,homeowners,mortgage

Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Obama's plan to help homeowners is struggling (www.salon.com) TMC

Aug. 6, 2009 | David and Marilyn Baldwin live in the same modest house in rural Pennsylvania where David grew up. David's brother lives in a house behind them, while his cousin owns a farm visible... More

Tags: tmc,salon,economy,obama,homeowners,zach carter

Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Obama's Plan to Help Homeowners Is a Bust (www.alternet.org) TMC

It can't keep pace with the rate of foreclosures -- not even close. Why was the industry allowed to police itself?

Tags: tmc,homeowners,foreclosure,mortgage,housing,alternet

Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Advocate: Weatherization Stimulus To Boost Homeowners, Neighborhoods, Jobs (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

PHOENIX, Ariz. - More low-income Arizona homeowners will soon be getting help in coping with the summer heat. Cynthia Zwick, executive director of the Arizona Community Action Association, says... More

Tags: tmc,public news service,economy,stimulus,homeowners,jobs,arizona,summer,weatherization program

Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

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Fighting Foreclosures, ACORN Defends Homeowners - NAM (news.newamericamedia.org) TMC

OAKLAND, Calif.--On the morning of Monday, July 20, Tosha Alberty left her West Oakland Victorian home and headed to work. By evening, she and her family had become homeless.

Tags: tmc,nam,economy,homeowners,foreclosures,acorn,california,mortgages,recession,video

Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Congress Pushing Covert Bailout to Save Big Finance and Screw Homeowners (www.alternet.org) TMC

Big Finance has persuaded Congress to allow banks to magically erase big losses on absurd mortgages with the stroke of a pen.

Tags: congress,covert bailout,big finance,homeowners,tmc,alternet

Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field (www.thenation.com) TMC

As the war in Iraq winds down and American troops prepare to return home within 19 months, Michigan continues to have a prominent role in helping refugee families assimilate in the U.S. Many come to... More

Tags: homeowners,foreclosure,the nation,tmc,video

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Rescuing America's Homeowners (www.prospect.org) TMC

Of the 52 million U.S. homeowners with a mortgage, more than a quarter -- nearly 14 million -- are underwater. They owe more on their mortgage than their home is worth. The Homeowner Affordability and... More

Tags: barack obama,rescue plan,tmc,homeowners,foreclosure

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Some Homeowners “Fall through Cracks” in Obama Rescue Plan (www.publicnewsservice.org) TMC

Local experts say President Obama’s $75-billion plan to help distressed homeowners is a good start, but it fails to reach all New Yorkers who are underwater with bad home loans. They claim... More

Tags: homeowners,housing rescue plan,tmc

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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