No Regard To Race at Wells Fargo? (VIDEO) No Regard To Race at Wells Fargo? (VIDEO)
Housing Advocates have filed a complaint against Wells Fargo, accusing the nation’s largest mortgage lender of failing to maintain and market foreclosed properties in black ...
Apr 11, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out This Week in Poverty: Fresno to Homeless People—Get Out
Fresno adopts a policy of seizing and destroying homeless residents' property and a local legal services non-profit fights back.
Mar 30, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Man Blocking America’s Recovery The Man Blocking America’s Recovery
With millions still on the verge of losing their homes, why is the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency standing in the way of solutions for the housing crisis?
Mar 21, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Unfathomable Cuts in Housing Aid The Unfathomable Cuts in Housing Aid
Ignoring the signs of dire need, the government is slashing its housing budget.
Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Patrick Markee
Fighting Foreclosure in Boston Fighting Foreclosure in Boston
An unlikely grassroots coalition is keeping residents in their homes, one property at a time.
Jun 15, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Next Big Housing Crisis? The Next Big Housing Crisis?
Second-lien debt could be a greater threat to bank solvency than the subprime disaster of 2008.
Stockton Goes Bust Stockton Goes Bust
In California's Central Valley, the collapse of the housing bubble is causing acute misery.
Jan 27, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
City of Ruins City of Ruins
Camden, New Jersey, stands as a warning of what huge pockets of America could turn into.
Nov 4, 2010 / Feature / Chris Hedges
The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco The Bank of America Mortgage Settlement Fiasco
Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial, has just agreed to pay $67.5 million SEC fine. But the landmark 2008 settlement with Bank of America, which had acquired Country...
The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy
Developing policy solutions to reduce inequality is not difficult. Mustering political will to enact them is.
Jun 30, 2010 / Feature / Dean Baker