Neeta Pal: Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country
Jessica Yager and Franklin Romeo know what it means for a neighborhood to be "hard hit" by predatory and discriminatory lending. As directors of the Foreclosure Prevention Project and Consumer Rights Project at Queens Legal Services, they have...
Neeta Pal: Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country
"Saving the housing market by keeping families in their homes on the southwest side of Chicago is critical for the long-term prosperity of the city, the region and ultimately, the country."
Neeta Pal: Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country
The long-anticipated foreclosure settlement announced last week by President Obama and the state attorneys general includes $5 billion that will flow to the states to support foreclosure prevention efforts, including the work of legal services...
Neeta Pal: Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country
Foreclosures aren't going away. By now, the abuses that brought us to this point and continue to sink us further into the crisis -- predatory lending practices, hastily securitized loans and mortgage servicing errors -- are well known. Accou...
