Ezra Klein Archive: Housing Crisis
The administration's foreclosure policy -- for now
Earlier today, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan joined Treasury's Michael Barr to brief reporters on the administration's response to the foreclosure mess. And the answer, basically, was that "it's under review." A variety of agencies overseeing a variety of sectors...
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| October 20, 2010; 5:38 PM ET |
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The case for a foreclosure moratorium
John Taylor is president and chief executive of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and he's among those calling for a foreclosure moratorium -- and not just because the paperwork was awry. We spoke this afternoon. Ezra Klein: Why do...
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| October 20, 2010; 5:22 PM ET |
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The case against a foreclosure moratorium
Anne Kim is director of Third Way’s domestic-policy program, and Jason Gold is a senior fellow for housing and finance at the think tank. They’ve co-written a paper on why a foreclosure moratorium would be a bad idea. We spoke...
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| October 20, 2010; 5:10 PM ET |
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Three options for the mortgage mess
The news that the largest bond fund in the world, the largest money manager in the world and the New York Federal Reserve are demanding that Bank of America repurchase $47 billion in mortgage bonds is scary stuff. As Daniel...
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| October 20, 2010; 2:43 PM ET |
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The Treasury's defense of HAMP
My column this morning was not kind toward the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP. When officials from Treasury called to press their case, I suggested a Q&A format so that you all could hear their argument. The participants were...
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| October 15, 2010; 4:07 PM ET |
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Column: Four ways the foreclosure mess could be used to help homeowners
If you didn't think the gods of financial crises had a sense of humor, consider that the latest economic threat is that foreclosures have largely stopped. What's next? Our (401)ks are looking too full? Although the potential for chaos...
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| October 15, 2010; 10:30 AM ET |
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