Headline News Archive

2020

July

07

• Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer. Black renters will be hard hit. A backlog of eviction cases is beginning to move through the court system as millions of Americans who had counted on federal aid and eviction

06

• A hub for help during the Coronavirus crisis. The New York Times assembled a guide to connect you with information about government benefits, free services and financial strategies to get you through this

02

• Consumers in COVID payment modification plans find credit files tarnished. To help their customers stay financially afloat during the COVID-19 crisis, many lenders offered payment modification programs that allowed them to make reduced payments or

• Latinos y afroamericanos son los que más pagan impuestos de propiedad en Estados Unidos. Las familias afroamericanas e hispanas pagan entre un 10 y un 13% más de impuesto a la propiedad todos los años que las

01

• Workers are getting laid off for a second time as reopenings are on hold. Millions of workers are suffering from economic whiplash, thinking they were finally returning to work—only to be sent home again as cases spike

June

29

• New data reveals hidden flood risk across America. Across much of the United States, the flood risk is far greater than government estimates show, new calculations suggest, exposing millions of people to a

25

• 4.3 million homeowners missed their mortgage payments last month. The number of people who failed to pay their mortgage last month rose to its highest level since 2011. In May, 4.3 million homeowners missed their mortgage

• 100-year-old World War II vet James Been fighting eviction. A World War II veteran who overcame harsh segregation and just celebrated his 100th birthday is fighting a new battle — against eviction from his

23

• Bye $600 jobless benefit, eviction reprieve, COVID-19 relief ending. In the coming weeks, the jobless will likely no longer receive an extra $600 in their weekly unemployment checks. Many tenants who don’t pay

• A moratorium on evictions ends leaving tenants fearful. A moratorium on evictions that New York State imposed during the coronavirus pandemic expired over the weekend, raising fears that tens of thousands of residents

19

• A pesar de las protecciones, los propietarios buscan desalojar a los inquilinos en áreas negras y latinas de South L.A.. A pesar de las nuevas reglas contra el desalojo aprobadas en respuesta al nuevo brote de coronavirus, algunos propietarios de Los Ángeles todaví

18

• Home loan applications and lender profits surge. U.S. mortgage companies are having one of their best years in history. Lenders are getting bombarded with calls from homeowners looking for cheaper loans.

17

• Consumer "protection" panel wants to deregulate Wall Street, lawsuit says. Under Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has moved away from policing the financial industry.

• En ciudad de Alaska ya distribuyen cheques de estímulo de $1,000 mensuales hasta diciembre. Un pago recurrente hasta finales de año para las personas elegibles...

16

• Racial inequity harms American schoolchildren. The police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., have sparked a national conversation around racial justice. But the country'

15

• Coronavirus could widen black wealth gap. New research suggests the pandemic is widening racial disparities in home ownership.  

• Lessons from 2008 financial crisis (that apply today). Life offers many lessons if you’re still and studious enough to grasp them. The past is always a road map to the present.

13

• Black community braces for next threat: mass evictions. A federal moratorium on evictions—which only applies to the 1 in 4 rental units that are backed by the government—expires in a matter

11

• 38% of renters will need relief in the next 90 days. Thirty-eight percent of renters in Assurant‘s MultiFamily Housing Renters Perspective Study said that they will need rent relief help during the next 90 days,

10

• The stark racial inequity of personal finances in America. We cannot quantify the injustice of a white policeman holding his knee on the neck of a handcuffed, dying black man. And mere numbers cannot

08

• Fewer hours, less pay and more anxiety greet returning workers. As millions of Americans return to work amid the worst economic crisis in a generation, they’re unexpectedly discovering their old positions are far

• The economy is experiencing an epic collapse of demand. A rip in the fabric of the economy won’t be healed easily, and denial of the severity of the crisis won’t

• The pandemic hit and this family's car became their home. When the pandemic hit, a family-of-four's car became their home. Now they're fighting to get out of it and back into housing.

04

• Getting your house ready to sell during the lockdown. There are a number of improvements you can make—both large and small—while waiting to put your home on the market.

• Working full-time during pandemic, teens have become a lifeline. Thousands of teens across the country are working the forgotten front lines of the pandemic—in grocery and big-box stores—keeping essential links