Date: 4/10/2009 KATRINA A. GOGGINSAssociated Press Writer Just over half of a new $4 billion federal housing program approved late last year will go to purchase and fix up foreclosed homes nationwide, a study released this week showed. The program…
Foreclosures force renting families onto street
Date: 3/18/2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clutching pajamas for her three youngest kids, Janice Johnson straggled into a Skid Row homeless shelter on a recent night, frustrated and weary from another fruitless apartment hunt. The Midnight Mission was her last…
Financial burden of homeownership spread unequally
Date: 1/19/2009 By ALAN ZIBELAP Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to homeownership, Hispanics in New Jersey, single parents in California and senior citizens in Rhode Island all have something in common: More than a third have…