Big Salary for Chicago Housing Nonprofit Exec
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
The Chicago Tribune reports today that the … more…
‘Evil’-Doers Target Stimulus Housing Credits
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
With just over a month left in a tax break program for first-time home-buyers, The Wall … more…
Morning Cup: Problems in Housing and Sacramento
This is the latest roundup from our stimulus blog.
USA Today reports that $300 million in stimulus money is going to 61 public … more…
Freddie Mac Loan Contractor Has Spotty Record
Last month, Freddie Mac introduced a pilot program designed to guide 5,000 homeowners with high-risk mortgages through the loan-modif … more…
How Much Stimulus Money Will Your City Get for Housing?
The first details are trickling out on how thousands of cities stand to benefit from the stimulus package. Housing and Urban … more…
Foreclosure ‘Hope for Homeowners’ Program Still Hopeless
Early in November, we wrote that HUD’s "Hope for Homeowners" program was struggling to dole out the hope. In its first two weeks, onl … more…
Still ‘Hope’ For Gov’s Homeowners Program?
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about how the federal government’s program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure is flopping. The gover … more…
‘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 ho … more…
In Florida, Agency Gave Mortgage Licenses to Thousands of Ex-Cons
As we detailed yesterday, the Justice Department is pursuing a wide array of prosecutions and investigations in response to the subpr … more…
February 16, 2010
U.S. Looks to Foreign Investors to Help Housing Market Howard Schneider, Washington Post, February 16, 2010
January 13, 2010
Chicago Housing Nonprofit Exec Earned $685,000 in ‘08 Ellen Gabler, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2010
December 11, 2009
San Fran Landlords Drove Up Rents With Questioned Tactics Danelle Morton, San Francisco Magazine, December 11, 2009
November 24, 2009
Illegal Housing Bidding on the Rise Catherine Reagor, Arizona Republic, November 24, 2009
November 02, 2009
How Goldman Secretly Bet on the U.S. Housing Crash Greg Gordon, McClatchy, November 02, 2009
October 23, 2009
HUD Counseling Funds Tripled Despite Criticism Matt Kelley, USA Today, October 23, 2009
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