‘HOPE for Homeowners’ Program Appears Hopeless
In its first two weeks of existence, the Federal Housing Authority’s HOPE for Homeowners program, meant to help as many as 400,000 homeowners avoid foreclosure, has fielded a grand total of 42 applications.
The program set aside $3.9 billion to help people in "neighborhoods hardest hit by foreclosures" renegotiate their loans, but as Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-OH) noted in yesterday’s congressional hearings on the financial crisis, the effort appears to have fallen flat and now expects to receive only a fraction of the applications … more…
Read MoreGoldman Sachs Urged Bets Against California Bonds It Helped Sell
Cambridge, Mass. Voting Problem Fixed
Cambridge, MA - Vanishing Voter Registrations
AIG’s Campaign Contributions
Senators to AIG: Stop Lobbying!
The Next Wave of Foreclosures
Taxpayer-Owned AIG Lobbies Against Mortgage Fraud Law
Is AIG Still Lobbying?
Former Clinton Official Says Democrats, Obama Advisers Share Blame for Market Meltdown
The Candidates—Where They Stand on Market ‘Reform’
Second Interior Official Pleads Guilty in Sex, Drugs and Oil Scandal
What Are the Rules on Presidential Campaign Financing, Anyway?
Sex and Drugs Aside, Interior Dept. Scandal Is Story of Corruption
Coming This Week
Coming This Week
Does Palin Really ‘Command’ Alaska’s National Guard?
Coming This Week…
GAO Investigating Medicare Auditors
Medicare Scandal: Who Audits the Auditor?
Coming This Week: International Edition!
How Taxpayer Money Is Wrapped Up in Georgian War
Update: Second Batch of NSA Docs Here Now
Update: One Batch of NSA Docs Now Here
National Security Agency Internal Forms Published
Report Faults Military for Handling of Sexual Assaults
Email:
Sharona Coutts recently graduated with honors from Columbia Journalism School's investigative seminar. A law graduate, she clerked for a Justice of the High Court of Australia, before jumping feet first into investigative reporting. She has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, freelanced for the BBC, written for numerous magazines, and her work has appeared in the New York Times.
