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Efforts to spare unemployed from foreclosure stallSunday, June 5, 2011 @ 12:43AMThe Obama administration’s main program to keep distressed homeowners from falling into foreclosure has been aimed at those who took out subprime loans or other risky mortgages during the heady days of the housing boom. But these days, the primary cause of foreclosures is unemployment.

The tiny house movement and the upside to downsizing the American DreamThursday, January 6, 2011 @ 9:21AMIn Small Is Beautiful, the ur-text of the movement, E.F. Schumacher wrote: 'The less toil there is, the more time and strength is left for artistic creativity.'

Fight foreclosure by avoiding avoidanceTuesday, January 4, 2011 @ 10:25PMA record number of homes slipped through people's hands in 2010 in La Salle County. There were 664 foreclosure actions filed last year, compared to 596 in 2009 and 608 the year before. Not all foreclosure cases lead

A quest for affordable housingTuesday, November 23, 2010 @ 4:11PMA planned $122 million renovation of the iconic Riverside Plaza apartments in Minneapolis stands out as an attention-grabbing example of fixing up existing affordable housing in the Twin Cities.

Government Shifts Focus on Foreclosure-GateWednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 1:58PMHUD Secretary Shaun Donovan has been moving the conversation away from foreclosure fraud and back to the housing market.

Administration Shifts Focus on Foreclosure-GateWednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 10:59AMAs I suspected would happen, the Obama administration is changing the foreclosure conversation.

Obama Program Meant to Help Homeowners Actually Sends Many Into ForeclosureWednesday, October 20, 2010 @ 9:03AMWhile thousands of people in other states have lost their homes in the national mortgage crisis, local politicians have touted Vermont’s relatively low foreclosure rate — 50th in the nation, according to RealtyTrac , a website that tracks state-by-state foreclosure rates. read more

Will Foreclosure-Gate Cost the Banks Billions?Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 8:28AMIn the past few weeks, state attorneys general and lawyers representing borrowers in danger of losing their homes have uncovered a number of dubious, potentially fraudulent practices

Robert Kuttner: Obama Calls the Question on GeithnerSunday, October 10, 2010 @ 7:45PMHousing prices are declining again, despite record low mortgage interest rates (available only to blue chip borrowers), which creates a serious drag on the economy. And the housing market won't return to normal until the mortgage mess is resolved. But the belated recognition that millions of mortgages are inadequately documented could be a blessing in disguise. It could force the administration ...