housing
Latino children suffer most in foreclosure crisis, report says
February 17, 2010Latino children and families who lost their homes due to foreclosure suffer long-term psychological and social trauma, according to a new report.
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Bronx community takes on the real estate industry
December 24, 2009Who said you can't beat City Hall? In a predominantly Hispanic working-class New York neighborhood, people organized against powerful business interests allied with City Hall, and they won.
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Obama administration pressures banks on housing crisis
November 30, 2009The Obama administration announced today stepped up measures to persuade big banks to help strapped mortgage holders.
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Civil rights groups urge ‘huge groundswell’ to end predatory lending
June 17, 2009Black, Latino, and Native American Indian leaders at an online briefing on the “racial wealth gap” said it will take a tidal wave of public pressure to win passage of legislation outlawing predatory lending and other...
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Hundreds rally at Bank of America to stop home foreclosures
May 19, 2009CHICAGO – Elia Santana lives here on the southwest side with her husband, four children and mother. In January 2008 Santana’s father passed away putting an emotional and financial strain on her family.
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