Real Estate Woes
A Look at the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis
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SHAREA short history of how people used to buy homes ... and the slightly more complicated history of how we got into the housing mess we're in today.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZADdX0_f6N4
For more information about the Center for American Progress' policies on the housing crisis, see:
- Strengthening Our Economy: Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Preservation
- Throwing Homeowners a Lifeline: A Proposal for Direct Lending to Qualified Troubled Borrowers
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