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Tag: Home foreclosure

$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

Thoughts on the Washington Post Investigation of the HOME Program

National issues, State issues•by •Posted May 19, 2011

5/20 update:  HUD has posted a more detailed response to the WP article that includes an re-analysis of the entire…

Tags: HOME, Home foreclosure, HUD, Washington Post

Emergency Homeowners Loan Program (EHLP) in Texas

National issues, State issues•by •Posted January 6, 2011

EHLP Program Introduction: The 2010 Financial Reform Bill (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) funds up to $50,000…

Tags: Dodd-Frank, EHLP, Financial Reform, Home foreclosure

To protect lenders task force censuring advice given to Texas homeowners facing foreclosure

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted September 22, 2009

Texas consumer housing advocate and attorney Robert Doggett is on a tirade. Not against the usual predatory lenders or slumlords…

Tags: Home foreclosure

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

Doggett/Henneberger diavolg on consumer protection legislation for mortgage borrowers in the Texas Legislature

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted June 24, 2009

Robert Doggett worked on behalf of TxLIHIS during the past session of the Texas Legislature, One of his main focus…

Tags: Home foreclosure, Subprime lending

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

Mortgage crisis imperils new affordable housing developments

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 1, 2008

The mortgage crisis is really beginning to bite into affordable housing production programs. I just learned of a community development…

Tags: Home foreclosure

Are we encouraging people to buy homes who shouldn’t?

Local issues, National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted August 8, 2008

House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank, commenting on the current foreclosure crisis and the importance of the passage of…

Tags: Home foreclosure, Housing policy

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

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
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