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Richard Barrington: Winning the Triple Crown of Personal Finance

2013-05-23T19:11:23Z

What's the Triple Crown of personal finances? Think about the biggest financial responsibilities most families face: buying a house, paying for college and saving for retirement.

Read more: Housing Market, Saving Money, Financial Planning, College, Retirement, Personal Finance, Triple Crown, Horse Racing Triple Crown, Business News

Another Plus Side To Immigration Reform

2013-05-23T18:00:38Z

If the Senate passes immigration reform, it will add three million new homeowners, who were once undocumented immigrants, to the U.S. real estate mark...

Read more: Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Housing, Latino Voices News

Shannon Sutherland: This One Time, at Medieval Times...

2013-05-23T11:27:39Z

I am a pretty awesome person but like anyone, I have some things that I am less awesome with. Whenever I talk to my accountant sister it becomes embar...

Read more: Asthma, Mortgage Crisis, Credit Score, Medieval Times, Twenty Five, American Dream, First Time Home Buyers, Los Angeles News

Carmen Pittman Recounts Tasing Ordeal In Front Of DOJ

2013-05-23T14:15:54Z

WASHINGTON -- Carmen Pittman is 23 years old and weighs 100 pounds. She was the smallest of the activists linking arm-in-arm in front of the Departmen...

Read more: Foreclosures, Department of Homeland Security, Police Tasing, JPMorgan Chase, Housing, Doj, Department of Justice, Jamie Dimon, Occupy Our Homes, Tim Franzen, Occupy Atlanta, Eric Holder, Carmen Pittman, Politics News

Amanda Andere: Remembering: Heroes Without Homes

2013-05-22T18:36:47Z

Memorial Day barbecues are being planned as we prepare to remember the millions of veterans who have served our nation, protecting and defending those less fortunate as well as our way of life. For some of these veterans, the idea of a backyard barbecue is far from their reality.

Read more: GI Bill, Military, Mental Health, Poverty, Hud, Housing, Homelessness, Memorial Day, Fairfax County, Homeless, Facets, Shelters, Veterans, DC News

Study: The Poorest Disabled Americans Are Priced Out Of Housing Market

2013-05-22T14:59:11Z

Federal assistance provided to the poorest disabled Americans is less than sufficient, leaving some disabled Americans unable to afford a place to liv...

Read more: Disabled Americans, Americans With Disabilities Act, Housing Market, Disabled Housing, Disability Rights, Disability, Disability Benefits, Affordable Housing, Business News

Mitchell J. Rabin: Compassionate vs. Casino Capitalism: Moderation or the Wild West

2013-05-22T11:29:57Z

It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that "casino capitalism" is one of the very worst and lowest expressions of the human spirit. In human civilization, we have achieved some of the most extraordinary acts of love, art and heroism for millennia.

Read more: Mortgage Crisis, Compassion, Well-Being, Economy, Moderation, Duane Elgin, Capitalism, Civil Society, Business News

Philip Tegeler: Good News and Serious Challenges in Brookings Report on Suburban Poverty

2013-05-21T17:26:10Z

As the report points out, more poor people now live in suburbs than in central cities. There is both "good news" and "bad news" in this trend.

Read more: Prrac, Hud, Housing, Brookings Institution, Segregated Housing, Surburban Poverty, Politics News

Mike Lux: The Courage to Put Yourself on the Line

2013-05-20T14:21:15Z

Hundreds of homeowners who have been playing by the rules while the big banks have cheated them are risking arrest at the Department of Justice to make an unmistakable statement: it is about time for the government to side with poor and middle class folks.

Read more: Bring Justice to Justice, Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Doj, Great Recession, Campaign for a Fair Settlement, Obama Administration, Congressional Budget Office, Eric Holder, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News

Carl Gibson: Saving Our Economy With Public Banking

2013-05-20T10:44:49Z

The Fed claims that quantitative easing has helped create or save almost 2,000,000 jobs since 2008, and while that may be true, the people could probably find a much better way to spend $40 billion a month and create and save far more jobs.

Read more: Matt Taibbi, Debt, Fractional-Reserve-System, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Bailout, Derivatives, Federal Reserve, Public Banking, Bank of North Dakota, Business News

Wall Street Beating Families To Houses During Recovery

2013-05-20T10:04:21Z

PHOENIX -- By the values that have long governed American housing, Megan and Danny Gilbertson are precisely the sorts of people who are supposed to no...

Read more: Foreclosures, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market Recovery, Home Prices, Phoenix Housing, Housing Recovery, Atlanta Real Estate, Housing Markets Wall Street, Atlanta Housing, Phoenix Real Estate, Housing Bubble, Business News

Peter G. Miller: Why FHA Mortgages Are More Stable Than We Think

2013-05-16T17:13:25Z

For the past year there have been worries that the FHA might require taxpayer money to pay off lender claims for loans gone bad. But now it may be that the economy has turned around and the FHA may well do better than anyone thinks.

Read more: Mortgage Crisis, Loan, Fannie Mae, Mortgages, Fha, Mortgage, Freddie Mac, Politics News

Emily Werth: This One's Gonna Hurt: What Will Happen to Families Who Lose Their Homes Because of Sequestration?

2013-05-15T11:53:13Z

Congress' attention and action right now: the millions of low-income families who rely upon federal housing assistance to keep a stable roof over their heads and are being threatened with losing access to these funds.

Read more: Section 8, Homelessness, Sequester, Housing, Subsidized Housing, Sequester Cuts, Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Impact News

Tom Judson: They Won't Take That Away From Me

2013-05-13T10:18:10Z

March 16 of this year I received a letter from Bank of America: "Although you have missed several of your monthly payments, it is not too late to get help. Please act quickly before time runs out." I suppose 40-odd missed payments can safely be counted as "several." But time running out? Methuselah should have such a surplus.

Read more: Mortgage Crisis, Home Renovation, Global Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Housing Crisis, HuffPost Home News

Harlan Green: Saving Fannie and Freddie -- Part II

2013-05-11T18:29:19Z

The FHFA just announced that it will no longer allow Fannie and Freddie to purchase or guarantee so-called "non-qualified" mortgages with more than 30 years amortization or that have interest only payments, among other restrictions.

Read more: Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Freddie Mac, Housing, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Mortgage Market, Business News

Richard Barrington: 4 Financial Myths That Can Hurt You

2013-05-09T16:58:29Z

Some myths persist even when people ought to know they aren't true. These falsehoods can be fun, unless they are about money -- in which case they can do a great deal of harm. Here are four financial "facts" you should always take with a grain of salt.

Read more: Taxes, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Saving Money, Retirement, Personal Finance, Business News

Terri Ludwig: To Curb Domestic Violence, Start With Housing

2013-05-09T13:08:10Z

When lawmakers in March reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act--the landmark legislation that guarantees certain rights and protections for survivors of domestic violence--they expanded a rule to bar landlords from evicting survivors from any publicly-supported home.

Read more: Women's Rights, Social Justice, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Federal Government, Legislation, Domestic Violence, Housing Crisis, Domestic Abuse, Affordable Housing, Social Work, Impact News

Laura Gottesdiener: Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Mortgages in the Era of Mass Terror

2013-05-07T11:23:17Z

Since 2007, Wall Street has evicted four million families -- approximately ten million people -- from their homes. Millions more are ensnared in ongoing foreclosures.

Read more: Foreclosure Crisis, Predatory Lending, Occupy Wall Street, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Fraud, Banks, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Fraud, Wall Street, Business News

Robert Scheer: Obama Did It For the Money

2013-05-07T03:21:20Z

The love fest between Barack Obama and his top fundraiser Penny Pritzker that has led to her being nominated as Commerce secretary would not be so unseemly if they both just confessed that they did it for the money

Read more: Robert Scheer, Subprime Mortgages, Barack Obama, Subprime Lending, Sub Prime, Penny Pritzker, Economy, Housing Crisis, Democrats, Jack Lew, Politics News

Dean Baker: Debt Derangement

2013-05-06T22:18:31Z

Bob Kuttner has been among the country's most visible advocates of stimulus. His new book, Debtors' Prison: The Politics of Austerity versus Possibility is his latest shot at the austerity gang.

Read more: Mortgage Crisis, Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget, Euro, Austerity, Book Review, Business News

David Coates: America's Half-Forgotten Housing Crisis

2013-05-06T09:44:27Z

On the housing front, the good news is that the president wants Mel Watt to head the FHFA. The really bad news is that the problems in the U.S. housing system are currently so entrenched that, even if he is confirmed, Mel Watt will be hard-pressed to resolve them.

Read more: Foreclosures, Mel Watts, Public Housing, Housing Benefit, Fannie Mae, Edward Demarco, Housing Crisis, Gses, Fhfa, Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Homelessness, Black Wealth, Aarp, Credit Scores, Short Sales, Negative Equity, Rents, Politics News

Tony Potts: Cheeseburgers, Reese Witherspoon and Two Key Tips You Need to Know When Buying Your Next Home

2013-05-06T09:11:40Z

My home. Our homes. Real estate is back... if ever so slightly and I'm excited. Others may shout that "REAL ESTATE IS BACK!" with all the gusto of those almost always incorrect pundits I see on television.

Read more: Reese Witherspoon, Syria, Los Angeles Lakers, Economy, Cheesebrugers, Housing Prices, Cheese, Los Angeles, Real Estate Tips, Charles Barkely, Real Estate, Video, Los Angeles News

Gov. Jack Markell: It's Time to Improve the Odds for Young People in Foster Care

2013-05-03T12:55:32Z

As a parent of a 17 and 20 year old, I understand the balancing act of parenting teens. We still operate under those protective instincts we had when...

Read more: Foster Care, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Housing, Community Services, Parental Support, Delaware, Transition-to-Adult-Life, Parenting, Quality of Life, Responsible-Government, Teenagers, Politics News

Terri Ludwig: The Hidden Housing Crisis in Indian Country

2013-05-02T19:33:55Z

All told, about 90,000 Native families are homeless or under-housed on a given night, and Native communities nationwide face an immediate housing shortfall of 200,000 homes.

Read more: Congress, Housing Market, Green News, Environment, Green Building, Native Americans, Housing Policy, Innovation, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Native American Housing, Business News

Jack M. Guttentag: Sub-prime 2013 Edition: It Is Government Insured!

2013-05-02T13:47:22Z

In 2008, FHA attempted to increase mortgage insurance premiums on low credit scores, and to reject scores less than 500 unless the loan-to-value ratio was 90 percent or less. The proposal was shot down by Congress. Premiums are scheduled to rise this year, but will not be scaled by credit score.

Read more: Credit Score, Fha, Mortgage Insurance, Congress, Sub-Prime Market, Subprime Mortgages, Business News