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Tag: Foreclosure crisis

$141M in Texas foreclosure settlement funds should be used to prevent more foreclosures

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 20, 2012

The Obama Administration and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced last week a $26 billion foreclosure settlement between the five biggest…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Texas Legislature

Poll: Most think government should help homeowners in trouble

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 30, 2011

A new CBS News/ New York Times poll shows: Most Americans think home ownership is an important part of the…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Home foreclosures, Housing budget, Housing news, Real estate economics

NSP1-A Deadline Looms

National issues, State issues•by •Posted August 30, 2010

Last week HUD announced the details of their enforcement of the 18-month deadline for obligation of the first round of…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures, HUD, NSP, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Rich are defaulting on mortgages at a higher rate

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 9, 2010

While lots of criticism from some TV commentators has been heaped on lower-income homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure,…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

Administration proposes changes to Neighborhood Stabilization Program, including additional funding

National issues, State issues•by •Posted May 26, 2010

In a press release Tuesday the Obama administration discussed plans to reallocate funds from the first round of the Neighborhood…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, NSP, PTAF, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

10 percent of Texans are behind in their home loan payments

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted November 24, 2009

Each one of the yellow squares represents a judicial mandated sale of property in San Antonio and Bexar County. Scary,…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

Brownsville CDC director discusses recent changes in border low-income housing and colonias

Local issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 26, 2009

Homebuyers buying new houses through a CDC in Brownsville, Texas have an average income of $19,000. Low-income border families, who…

Tags: Brownsville, Colonias, Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Subprime lending, Texas Housing Trust Fund

I want to believe the President’s financial consumer protection plan will work, but it won’t

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 20, 2009

President Obama adopted a fighting stance against the financial services industry today in his weekly radio address. He promised that…

Tags: Community Reinvestment Act, Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

An in-depth look: financial reform called for a major overhaul but did not get one

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 20, 2009

In pondering the Obama administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation plan announced this week I find myself agreeing with New…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis

Addressing low-income families’ housing aspirations is essential to financial reform

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 19, 2009

You don’t have to work long in the field of affordable housing to find out how strong the desire is…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Housing policy

The Nouveau Poor foreclosure crisis slights the poor

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 18, 2009

You can’t help these days being struck by the amount of government and media attention heaped on the plight of…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Housing crisis, Housing policy

Senate Committee explores state role in easing home foreclosure problems

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 21, 2009

The Texas Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee held the first of what promises to be several hearings to explore the home…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure

New report profiles loan delinquencies and foreclosures in Texas cities

Local issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 29, 2008

A collaboration between LISC and the Urban Institute has produced a data set with “foreclosure needs scores” within Community Development…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

We endorse Texas Attorney General Abbott’s call for mortgage deferment legislation to help struggling homeowners

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted October 24, 2008

The Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (TxLIHIS) applauds and endorses Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s proposal today for a…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

The foreclosure resistant low income mortgage loan

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 21, 2008

The $700 billion bailout of Wall Street brought about by the subprime/ predatory mortgage debacle points out that there needs…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures, Subprime lending

Questions, answers, concerns about the new $4 billion foreclosed homes program in Texas

Local issues, National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 28, 2008

One of the subprograms of greatest controversy within the major housing legislation passed by Congress on Saturday (HR 3221) is…

Tags: CDBG, Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Home foreclosures, Housing policy, Housing resources

Nonprofit FHA downpayment assistance scheme nets 19% Texas defaults

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 5, 2008

I’m sorry if this makes me sound like an affordable housing hertic but this bothers me. NPR reports there are…

Tags: FHA, Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures

A honest critique of media foreclosure prevention pablum

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 24, 2008

My friend and sometimes colleague Robert Doggett eviscerates an example of the typical advice story the media dishes out to…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis

An important role for state legislatures in the foreclosure crisis

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 16, 2008

Financial Institutions Committee Chairman Burt Solomon is reasonable and fair in approaching the issue of state regulation of financial institutions.…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosure, Mortgage brokers, Subprime lending

One perspective on the Texas foreclosure crisis

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 15, 2008

View Dr. James Gaines presentation [it takes a couple minutes to begin playing] before the Texas House financial institutions committee…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Home foreclosures, Subprime lending

Dealing (or not) with the foreclosure crisis in Texas

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 14, 2008

Watch Robert Doggett’s testimony before the Financial Services Committee, or better yet watch the entire hearing. On Wednesday Robert Doggett,…

Tags: Foreclosure crisis, Predatory lending, Subprime lending
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