Tenants who live in homes facing foreclosure are among the most invisible victims of the foreclosure crisis. As their landlords lose ownership, the financial institutions holding or servicing the mortgage typically toss the tenants out on the street in order to clear the way for re-sale. (This is not to mention the tenants who face the opposite fate: Lving in a foreclosed property that no one has claimed and is falling into disrepair.)

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