May 9th 2012 12:01PM
Eleanor Smith vividly recalls the first time she experienced housing discrimination. Then in her 30s, Smith and a friend had been driving around neighborhoods in Decatur, Ga., attempting to hunt down a home with an accessible entrance for Smith, who has polio and has used a wheelchair all her life. After responding to a... Continue Reading »
Mar 6th 2012 10:00AM
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is aiming mortgage relief at members of the military as well as homeowners with government-insured loans, the administration's latest efforts to address a persistent housing crisis. In his first full news conference of the year Tuesday, Obama was to announce plans to let borrowers... Continue Reading »
Sep 27th 2011 1:30PM
Thousands of potentially eligible homeowners may be left out of a $1 billion Department of Housing and Urban Development program that provides interest-free loans to the unemployed because of documentation and timing problems. The Dodd-Frank Act required HUD to develop the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program. Unemployed... Continue Reading »
Aug 29th 2011 4:05PM
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will begin taking applications again for a new program providing interest-free loans to unemployed borrowers struggling with their mortgage payments. Under the Dodd-Frank Act authority, HUD launched the $1 billion Emergency Homeowners Loan Program in June. Unemployed... Continue Reading »
Jun 20th 2011 5:20PM
The Department of Housing and Urban Development launched a long-awaited program to provide interest-free loans to help unemployed borrowers in 27 states with their mortgage payments. "Through the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program the Obama Administration is continuing our strong commitment to help keep families in their... Continue Reading »
