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101 stories published since 2009

The Kushners’ Freddie Mac Loan Wasn’t Just Massive. It Came With Unusually Good Terms, Too.

Obama and the Beach House Loopholes

Cannabis, Lies and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade

Millions of Homeowners Who Need Flood Insurance Don’t Know It — Thanks to FEMA

Can You Be Evicted During Coronavirus? Here’s How to Find Out.

The Sears Headquarters Deal Cost Taxpayers $500 Million. 30 Years Later, There’s Little to Show for It.

Meet the Shadowy Accountants Who Do Trump’s Taxes and Help Him Seem Richer Than He Is

What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

Lo que necesita saber acerca de cómo funciona realmente la Sección 8

How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

The IRS Tried to Crack Down on Rich People Using an “Abusive” Tax Deduction. It Hasn’t Gone So Well.

Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan Gilbert

Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners

How a Politically Powerful Family Muscled a Nonprofit Out of Some of a City’s Most Valuable Land

How to Close Heirs’ Property Loopholes

One Trump Tax Cut Was Meant to Help the Poor. A Billionaire Ended Up Winning Big.

Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing

Behind the Scenes, Health Insurers Use Cash and Gifts to Sway Which Benefits Employers Choose

How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans

How a Consultant Said He Gamed HUD Inspections: Sweep Problems Behind a Wall

“Pretty Much a Failure”: HUD Inspections Pass Dangerous Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold

HUD Long Neglected These Residents. Now As They Move Out, Some Feel HUD Let Them Down Again.

After a Sweet Deal With Dad, Eric Trump Assembles a Valuable Penthouse

The Billion-Dollar Loophole

Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud

The ‘International Man of Mystery’ Linked to Flynn’s Lobbying Deal

Many ‘Rent-Stabilized’ NYC Apartments Are Not Really Stabilized. See Where They Are.

New York Landlords Exploit Loophole to Hike Rents Despite Freeze

How a Tip About Habitat for Humanity Became a Story

Fire Fight

How Habitat for Humanity Went to Brooklyn and Poor Families Lost Their Homes

The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods

Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law

Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say

For Most Homeowners, Gov't Foreclosure Deal Brings A Few Hundred Bucks

Disparate Impact and Fair Housing: Seven Cases You Should Know

Soft on Segregation: How the Feds Failed to Integrate Westchester County

Four Whistleblowers Who Sounded the Alarm on Banks' Mortgage Shenanigans

Profiles: Shoddy Bank Practices Continue Even After Mortgage Mods

Dems: Obama Broke Pledge to Force Banks to Help Homeowners

Banks Modifying Tiny Percentage of Mortgages in Need

Amid Foreclosure Questions, Govt Loan Mod Program Continues Struggles

Banks' Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis

And The World’s Longest Trial Mod Is...

New Data: See the Mortgage Mod Logjam for Each Servicer

Chase Denied Loan Mods for Now Forbidden Reason -- Homeowners in Limbo

Drug Store Chain Releases Some Details About Its Transaction With Rep. Mike Ross