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Fair Housing Groups Ask Court to Deny Banks’ Effort to Stop Richmond’s Mortgage Rescue Plan
The brief argues that the actions the securitization industry has threatened to take to block the program, known as Richmond CARES, would amount to illegal redlining and would violate …
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Regulators Repeat Exactly What They Did During the Last Housing Boom
James Kwak examines the shortcomings of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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If It Takes Blocking a Bank Door With Your Body to Keep Your Home, Would You Do It?
In her new book, Laura Gottesdiener puts faces to the facts of the subprime mortgage crisis; specifically the faces of black Americans, who are bearing the brunt of the …
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Fighting Back Against Predatory Lenders Is a Struggle for Justice
In “A Dream Foreclosed,” Laura Gottesdiener looks at the decimating impact of the loss of houses, property and community caused by the foreclosure crisis.
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Black-White Income Differences: What’s Happened?
The economic position of African Americans relative to White Americans has not improved over the last 40 years.
Resisting Foreclosure: Rising Up for a Dream Called Home
“Can a society truly be a democracy if housing is not considered a right?” Laura Gottesdiener tells Truthout reagarding her new book.
Housing Is Fundamental for a People’s Economic Recovery
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers examine solutions to the housing crisis.
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Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
Five former Bank of America employees stated that they were encouraged to mislead customers.
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New Chicago Housing Plan Downplaying Affordability?
New housing plan could be out of reach for Chicago residents.
For Real Economic Recovery, Government Must Stop Favoring Banks Over Homeowners
What can local and federal governments do to resolve the foreclosure crisis for real?