Wall St Journal: Fannie-Freddie Regulator Sued Over Affordable-Housing Funds
Published in the Wall Street Journal. By Nick Timiraos.
Nonprofit Groups Say Mortgage-Finance Firms Should Contribute Trust Funds
Two nonprofit housing organizations filed suit Tuesday against the regulator of Fannie Mae FNMA -3.47% and Freddie Mac FMCC -1.88% for not
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Right to the City Files Unprecedented Lawsuit Against Federal Housing Finance Agency
Today, Tuesday July 9th, Right to the City and the National Low Income Housing Coalition filed a national lawsuit against Acting Director Ed DeMarco of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for violating the 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act
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Housing Activists Convince Obama to Dump Demarco
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/obama-demarco-housing_b_3198037.html
Originally posted in the Huffington Post
On Wednesday, community activists and homeowner groups got some good news from Washington. President Obama announced that he was removing Ed DeMarco, the Bush-appointed acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
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Push for affordable housing in Springfield: 22 News
Originally published by Springfield 22 News.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – On Wednesday in Springfield; Renters, homeowners, homeless families and public housing residents will accompany city leaders on a tour.
The goal will be to draw attention to what they say
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Planned protest at vacant Springfield house foiled, but future actions promised if housing policies not changed: The Republican
SPRINGFIELD – The planned “liberation” of a vacant 2½-story home on Wilbraham Road was thwarted Wednesday, but protesters pledged to take over another home if local and federal housing policies are not
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Desert Storm vets’ eviction protested: Fox News Atlanta
Originally published by Fox News Atlanta
ATLANTA – A coalition of community activists, union members and veterans have banded together to protest Fannie Mae’s decision to move with the eviction a Desert Storm veteran.
They rallied in front of Fannie
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Wyvernwood Protests Pick-Up, Push Anti-Profit Message: EGP News
Neighborhood Council to vote on supporting or opposing project later this month.
By Gloria Angelina Castillo, EGP Staff Writer. Originally published by EGP News.
The fight over a proposed Boyle Heights area development is heating up again, with opponents to
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Over 150 Residents and Activists Launched “Homes for All” Campaign: Sampan
Originally published by Sampan.
BOSTON, MA – On Wednesday, March 13, over 150 residents and activists form Chelsea Collaborative, City Life/Vida Urbana, Chinese Progressive Association, Lynn United for Change, UNITE HERE Local 26 and other local groups joined the national
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