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Organized Tenants Are Baaaaack
After a lull in the 1990s, the tenants rights movement reemerged and has only gained strength. What caused the resurgence and what do tenants’ prospects look like?
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Some Forms of Displacement Are Beyond Criminal
Earlier this month, The New York Times published a major front-page story on deed theft scams that highlighted the staggering homeowner losses at the hands of increasingly sophisticated criminal enterprises […]
How to Prevent the Next Mortgage Crisis
Yes, we need to finally achieve certainty in our housing finance system. But not the way most people are suggesting.
Staying Afloat by Branching Out
As the surge of crisis-level funding recedes from housing counseling agencies, they are looking to technology, fee-for-service arrangements, new partners, and types of counseling to keep themselves going. But can the tricky and highly detailed business of foreclosure counseling in particular survive the transition?
Interview with Wayne Meyer, President of New Jersey Community Capital
New Jersey Community Capital shakes up our ideas of how nonprofit housers can and should approach neighborhood stabilization
Now You See the Money, Now You Don’t
Since November of last year, the United States Justice Department has announced multi-billion dollar settlements with the nation’s three largest banks – Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America (BoA) – over what Justice calls the “packaging, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities.” Collectively, these three banks have agreed to pay a total […]
Homeowners Empowered To Fight Eviction With This New Tool
The following is a story from Occupy Our Homes, a partner with Homes for All in fighting displacement. The campaign below is part of a new project born of this […]
The Stunning Inequality Overlooked in the Nation’s “Housing Recovery”
This piece has been excerpted from “What is Mel Watt Waiting For?“ originally published on Huffington Post. —- Mel Watt, the head of the powerful Federal Housing Finance Agency, which […]
What Are Advocates Saying About Johnson-Crapo?
What is the affordable housing world making of the Johnson-Crapo housing finance reform? So far here on Rooflines, Dan Immergluck gave us a good overview of its provisions and cautioned community […]
Financial Destruction in Detroit
On Friday, Detroit’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, filed a lawsuit on behalf of the city challenging the legitimacy of interest-rate swap contracts which were costing the city tens of millions […]
NeighborWorks Asks: Do you Get By With a Little Help From Your Friends?
It’s been five years since the full force of the Great Recession hit the United States, with a combination of risky mortgages and declining housing prices forcing approximately 4.6 million […]
Eminent Domain to Save Homes?
They're back. Mortgage Resolution Partners has joined with another California city, Richmond this time, pushing a plan to use eminent domain to save homeowners who have underwater mortgages. PBS News […]