Federal funding has been temporarily stopped for the community group ACORN and its affiliates, and some people worry that worthwhile programs could be affected if the cuts become permanent. Perhaps this was the real goal of Beck, etc.

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Despite the mortgage crisis, new data shows that people continue to be denied fair housing. Which underrepresented group filed the highest number of complaints?

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The top subprime lenders whose loans are largely blamed for triggering the global economic meltdown were owned or bankrolled by banks now collecting billions of dollars in bailout money — including several that have paid huge fines to settle predatory lending charges.

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In response to the increasingly aggressive and usurious practices of credit card companies President Obama has thrown his support behind efforts to protect consumers from unfair treatment.

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One of the most amazing stories about the [still ongoing] fraud and travesties of the banking and mortgage "industry" in the face of predatory lending practices and sheer fraudulent exploitation of poor people.

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I just can't understand how this could happen (every day) in my nation. "Holman alleges in the lawsuit filed on behalf of the Lipplys that the Lipplys were the victims of a predatory lending scheme.

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The economic crisis is affecting people in all income and social brackets, but America's baby boomers and seniors don't have the option to wait it out.

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In 2001, a case brought by Wachovia before the Supreme Court proposed less stringent regulation of subsidiaries of parent banks under the federal charter of national banks, seeking less oversight by state regulators and laws in all 50 US states.

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"You really have to feel for them. They are all alone here," says Seifert. "It's a war zone."

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This is a real estate web page about the home I used to own.

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FOR MONTHS we have been hearing heart-rending stories of homeowners who were deceived by their mortgage lenders and about to lose their homes.

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For years payday lenders have been the bad guy in the predatory lending debate while their close cousin, car title lenders, have cruised along unnoticed — and perhaps more disturbing for some — unregulated in several states.

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One recent morning, dozens of elderly and disabled people, some propped on walkers and canes, gathered at Small Loans Inc. Many had borrowed money from Small Loans and turned over their Social Security benefits to pay back the high-interest lender.

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson took aim at Wall Street on Thursday with a lawsuit against 21 major investment banks that he said have enabled the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis here.

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The foreclosure crisis is no longer just about mortgages, entire neighborhoods are being negatively affected on several levels. This issue is now the number one economic challenge of many major American cities

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Simply a list. One that is a grand case for the Detroit malaise report.

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The Predatory Lending Association (PLA) is dedicated to extracting maximum profit from the working poor by increasing payday loan fees and debt traps.

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To address the recent crisis across our Nation of homes being lost to foreclosure as a result of various types of predatory lending, Congressman Barney Frank (MA), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, along with Congressmen Brad Miller (NC) and Mel Watt (NC) in …

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For unwary consumers targeted by credit card issuers, there's not much help in the courts. Weak federal laws, and lax enforcement of those that exist, leave consumers vulnerable to all sorts of predatory practices.

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Tell me, though: Where did Alan Greenspan miss on this? Did he have not some responsibility in preventing this type of crisis?

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"There are still S.& L.'s and banks that lend with a conscience, but, man, you got to find them."

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...Blacks 3.8 times more likely than whites to receive a higher-cost home loan

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The top Democrat and Republican on the House Financial Services Committee said investors in mortgage bonds should be liable for deceptive loans made by banks.

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House-flipping still offers opportunity

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Shares of Beazer Homes USA Inc. fell more than 8 percent Wednesday after the FBI said it is among agencies investigating possible fraud in the company's mortgage lending practices and other financial transactions.

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