On AlterNet: hamp

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4 Ways the Big Banks are Still Screwing Homeowners — And How They're Fighting Back

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. April 10, 2012.

Here's how the banks are still doing exactly as they please when it comes to homes. But there's hope.

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.

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?

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.

Banks Could Be Biggest Winners in Obama's New Foreclosure Plan

Amy Goodman, Dean Baker, Democracy Now!. April 1, 2010.

The biggest winners in Obama's latest foreclosure prevention plan are the banks that created this mess.

Home Underwater? Walk Away from Geithner's Perverse 'Homeowner Relief' Plan

Zach Carter, AlterNet. February 10, 2010.

The plan to supposedly aid homeowners drowning in debt adopted by Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is just a money trough for the banks.