Deadline Approaches for Homeowners Seeking Foreclosure Reviews
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 29, 2012
Despite the looming deadline for homeowners affected by the foreclosure crisis to apply for an independent review, applications are barely trickling in.
Homeowner Wins Twice Against Freddie Mac
Twin Cities Daily Planet/The UpTake, News Report, Posted: Nov 25, 2012
The nation’s largest mortgage company may finally be bending to public pressure. A St. Paul homeowner has scored a pair of victories against Freddie Mac that have allowed her to stay in her foreclosed home.
Homeowners Still Waiting on Billions in Foreclosure Relief
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Nov 21, 2012
More than a year after its launch, the Independent Foreclosure Review program has yet to pay out any compensation to homeowners.
Blacks and Hispanics Lost $1 Trillion in Home Equity
Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Posted: Nov 13, 2012
families impacted in minority neighborhoods have lost or will lose on average, $37,084 or 13 percent of their home value.
Elderly Baltimore Woman Battles to Keep Her Home
AFRO, News Report, Posted: Sep 27, 2012
A Baltimore widow may lose her home of four decades because of a reverse-mortgage nightmare created by federal housing authorities.
Banks Threaten Elderly Veterans With Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 18, 2012
As seniors and veterans try to fend off foreclosures, they find little relief from California's new bill to help homeowners which takes effect in January.
AARP Study: Ethnic Elders Slammed Hardest by Foreclosures
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jul 19, 2012
Foreclosures have shaken up home security for millions of seniors, says a new AARP report, especially ethnic elders living a “Nightmare on Main Street.”
Affordable Housing Wobbles as Redevelopment Agencies Close
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 30, 2012
Affordable housing advocates across California are scrambling for alternative sources of funding following the closure of the state’s redevelopment agencies.
After Foreclosures, Hidden Addictions Emerge Among Elders
New America Media, News Feature, Posted: Apr 23, 2012
Physicians in San Francisco say that since the recession, they are seeing a growing number of elderly patients coping with drug addictions.
San Francisco Murder of Five Spotlights Asian Gambling Addiction
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 29, 2012
Was gambling behind this week’s murder of five San Franciscans? Some are focusing attention on the high rate of problem gamblers among Asians.
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