Shaun Donovan

Obama Administration Hogs Housing Credit

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Obama Foreclosures, Mortgage Crisis, Hud, Obama Administration, Foreclosure, Nevada Foreclosures, Shaun Donovan, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Negative Equity, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration wants all the credit for a drop in Nevada foreclosure filings even though housing analysts have attributed some...

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DeMarco Speaks! (With Closed Captioning for the Mortgage-Impaired)

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Fhfa, Freddie Mac, Tim Geithner, Hamp, Fannie Mae, Harp, Principal Writedowns, Edward Demarco, Shaun Donovan, Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Financial Crisis, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Ed DeMarco, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News

DeMarco's still an unelected ideologue with too much power, and he still needs to go. But yesterday, he finally spoke up. To anyone with the right political or emotional closed-captioning device the message was loud and clear: Don't rush me, Mr. President -- and find yourself another fall guy.

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White House Wants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac To Start Helping Homeowners

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Mortgages, Video, Mortgage Aid, Mortgage Relief, Freddie Mac, Reuters, Mortgage Crisis, Fannie Mae, Homeowners, Fhfa, Shaun Donovan, Housing Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The Obama administration wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance the bulk of U.S. mortgages, to start reduci...

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Behind Every 'Distressed Asset' Is a Distressed Human Being

Joel Sucher | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Shaun Donovan, Bank of America Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Offthebus, Foreclosure Crisis, Robo-Signing, Legacy Assets, Distressed Assets, Politics News

Shaun Donovan, with his engineering of the robo-signing settlement, has done his best to emulate former President George W. Bush's "mission accomplished" moment, trying to spin the deal as some sort of resolution.

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Create App To Help Homeless Vets, Win $25,000!

Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, Video, Department of Veterans Affairs, Homelessness, Homeless Veterans, Spring-Into-Action, Project Reach, Shaun Donovan, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans, Impact News

Combatting veteran homelessness is at our fingertips, according to a new initiative called Project REACH. Real-time Electronic Access for Caregive...

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Donovan To States: 'Do The Right Thing' With Mortgage Settlement

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Mortgage Settlement, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Shaun Donovan, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Citigroup, Business News

Alarmed by reports that states may divert mortgage settlement money intended to help homeowners, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan...

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Why It's A Terrible Time To Be A Low-Income Renter

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Housing Prices, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Apartments, Homeowners, Low Income Families, Shaun Donovan, Affordable Housing, Low Income Renters, Video, Rental Market, Homeownership, Low-Income Housing, Low Income, Renters, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Everyone knows the economy has been rough on homeowners lately. But for people who rent -- especially for people who rent and don't make very much mon...

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Mortgage Settlement: The Deal That Divided The Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.13.2012

Top law enforcement officers from most of the 50 states gathered last week in Washington, D.C., for the annual spring meeting of state attorneys gener...

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Mortgage Settlement: How Much Will the Banks Really Pay?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Financial Crisis, Video, Mortgage Settlement, Shaun Donovan, Housing Crisis, Attorney General, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

The massive settlement among states, the federal government and five of the biggest banks landed on Monday, at last, in a Washington, D.C., federal di...

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Top Official On LGBT Housing Discrimination: 'You Will Be Held Accountable'

AP | MIKE HOUSEHOLDER | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Shaun Donovan Lgbt Housing, Video, Lgbt-Housing-Discrimination, Secretary Shaun Donovan, Business News, Housing Discrimination, Housing-Secretary-Shaun-Donovan, Shaun Donovan, Lgbt Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

DETROIT — A new rule took effect this week barring those who own or operate U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-funded housing from...

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Foreclosure Failure: Will The Settlement Prove The Fix?

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Obama Administration, Foreclosure, Hamp, Foreclosure Crisis, Shaun Donovan, Foreclosure Settlement, Bv-Politics, Business News

After years of incompetence, intransigence, malevolence and whatever else may explain how mortgage companies have managed to screw over millions of troubled American homeowners, a fix is finally at hand. This is how the Obama administration invites us to view the broad, $25 billion state and federal foreclosure settlement it struck last month with the nation's five largest mortgage companies.

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Housing Secretary To Underwater Americans: There's Help For You

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Mortgage, Housing, Robosigning, Foreclosure, Underwater Homeowners, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

For every borrower in immediate danger of losing a home to foreclosure, there are at least two more like Renita "Kay" Butler, who is current on her lo...

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This Is Not A Misprint: Good News For Some Homeowners With Bank of America Loans

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Ira Rheingold, Shaun Donovan Hud, Mortgage Settlement, Bank of America, Hud, Bank of America Home Loans, Bank of America Mortgages, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Bank of America Foreclosures, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

For once, now might be a good time to have a Bank of America home loan. Under the $25 billion foreclosure settlement signed last month, Bank of Ame...

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Ask America's Top Housing Official About Your Housing Concerns

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Housing Worries, Business News, Top Housing Concern, Biggest Housing Concern, Shaun Donovan, Housing Crisis, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Concerned about making your mortgage payments? Worried that your home will never be worth as much as you paid for it? Is your rent too damn high? W...

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The Big Foreclosure Settlement? Still Not Done

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Mortgage Settlement, Wells Fargo, Regulatory Reform, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Shaun Donovan, Foreclosure Settlement, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

It's been 21 days since the government announced with great fanfare a $25 billion national foreclosure settlement with five big banks -- long enough f...

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How to Score a Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Deal

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Fraud Settlement, Shaun Donovan, Barack Obama, Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Home Foreclosures, Business News

Once again we're hearing that a foreclosure fraud deal is about to be announced between major banks, the U.S. government and most or all of the states. How will we know if it's a good deal for the American people?

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2008 Mortgage Deal Shows How Not To Structure Current Settlement

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Countrywide Deal, AG Settlement, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Bank of America Countrywide, Robo-Signing, Bank of America Deal, Bank of America, Housing Crisis, Shaun Donovan, Subprime Mortgages, Attorney General Deal, Countrywide, Countrywide Financial, Attorney General, Foreclosure, Mortgage Deal, Business News

As states gear up to finalize a national mortgage servicing settlement, some are looking to avoid the painful lessons of a 2008 mortgage deal that fai...

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Let's Help Reporters Understand What 'Mortgage Refinancing' Is, Shall We?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Mortgage Crisis, Media Criticism, Refinancing, Ed Henry, Mortgage Refinancing, Shaun Donovan, Refinance Mortgage, Media News

Dave Dayen today flags an exchange between Fox News White House Correspondent Ed Henry and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, in which the former drives the...

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Take Your Pick, Romney and Gingrich Both Unfit to Represent the People

Pat LaMarche | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Wealth, Homelessness, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Shaun Donovan, Global Economic Crisis, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Politics News

The U.S. faces fiscal challenges unseen by anyone still alive in politics. And whether President Obama's challenger is Gingrich or Romney, neither will actually represent the people should they win.

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Housing Secretary Says He's Fine With Split From Obama On Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: President Obama Gay Marriage, Video, Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan, Housing Secretary, Shaun Donovan Gay Marriage, Barack Obama Gay Marriage, Shaun Donovan, Gay Marriage, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Wednesday that his public support for gay marriage has not put him in an awkw...

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Number Of Homeless Veterans Reportedly Declined Last Year

AP | By KEVIN FREKING | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Voucher Program, Veterans Affairs, Homeless Veterans, Homelessness, Eric Shinseki, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Impact News

WASHINGTON -- Homelessness among the nation's veterans declined by about 12 percent during a one-year period ending January 2011, the Obama administra...

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U.S. Housing And Urban Development Secretary Backs Same-Sex Marriage

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Shaun Donovan, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Voices News

In what has been deemed a historic moment, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan became the first sitting cabinet secretary to pu...

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4 Teens Shot Near Mayor's Planned Meeting On South Side

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Four Teens Shot Chicago, Poverty, University of Chicago, Dick Durbin, Chicago Poverty, Chicago Gang Violence, Barack Obama, Shaun Donovan, Affordable Housing, 4 Shot Chicago, Choice Neighborhoods Grant, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Violence, Hud, HUD Grants, Chicago News

Four teens were wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood--where Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. H...

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Obama Launches Community-Based Urban Program To Spark Growth

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Bing West, Hilda Solis, New Orlenans, Cleveland, Fresno, Detroit, Obama Administration, Hud, Urban America, Economic Growth, Mephis, Shaun Donovan, Housing and Urban Development, Pilot Program, Business News

DETROIT -- The Obama administration is launching a pilot program designed to spark economic growth in urban America by partnering federal officials wi...

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Feds Release Funding to Combat Veteran Homelessness

Chris Birk | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Hud, Department of Veterans Affairs, Military, Homelessness, Homeless Veterans, Shaun Donovan, Eric Shinseki, Veterans, Politics News

The federal government continues to take steps to curb the problem of veteran homelessness. Public housing authorities in 18 states will receive $5.4...

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