On AlterNet: foreclosure crisis

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "foreclosure crisis"

Activists Fight Back Against the 1% After Investors Lock a 75 Year-Old Great-Grandmother Out of Her Home [With Photo Slideshow]

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 1, 2011.

Activists are standing up and fighting to keep foreclosed families in their homes.

Occupy Wall Street: The Primary the President Never Had?

Matt Stoller, AlterNet. October 24, 2011.

The growing movement will force political leaders to choose between Big Money and popular legitimacy.

The Shady Ways People Are Losing Their Homes--Even If They Don't Have Mortgages

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

"Wrongful" foreclosures, foreclosures for back taxes or late condo fees -- people are getting thrown out of their homes, and someone else is profiting.

The Rent's Too Damn High but It's a Problem With an Easy Solution... If Only

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 26, 2011.

The banking lobby is pushing back against a modest proposal that would ease the squeeze on renters.

Are We In the Process of Creating a New and Enduring American Underclass?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

Will this bleak economy become “the new normal,” consigning millions to an emerging American underclass?

Home Prices Are Dropping Again as the Markets Head Toward a Devastating "Double-Dip"

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 26, 2011.

Could it drag the larger economy into a double-dip recession?

Many Americans Face Economic Catastrophe -- Why Do the Political and Media Establishments Ignore Their Suffering?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 14, 2011.

Our leaders appear to be oblivious to the profound economic pain the majority of Americans are experiencing.

Treasury Makes Shocking Admission: Program for Struggling Homeowners Just a Ploy to Enrich Big Banks

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 25, 2010.

The Treasury Dept.'s mortgage relief program isn't just failing, it's actively funneling money from homeowners to bankers, and Treasury likes it that way.

Why Banks Try to Make Borrowers Feel Like Sinners When They Can't Pay off Their Mortgages

Zach Carter, AlterNet. June 5, 2010.

Crazy views about homeownership are helping the very bankers who screwed us in the first place.

Whip the Senate on Carper's Let-Banks-Violate-the-Law Amendment!

Zephyr Teachout, Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Sen. Tom Carper is trying to sneak a covert piece of brutal deregulation into the Wall Street reform bill. Don't let him get away with it!

Speculating Banks Still Rule -- Ten Ways Dems and Dodd Are Failing on Financial Reform

deleted, AlterNet. April 14, 2010.

None of this is reform. We are better off with nada than vapid promises and a false sense of security.

Obama's Mortgage Program: FAIL?

Paul Kiel, ProPublica. December 24, 2009.

Confusion and delays have plagued the administration's loan modification program, causing homeowners to fall behind on mortgage payments, risking foreclosure.

Getting Real About the Banks' 'Toxic Assets': People Live in Them

Lagan Sebert, David Murdock, American News Project. April 16, 2009.

"Toxic assets" are actually mortgages and, by extension, houses and the people who are struggling to live in them.