Headline News Archive
2021
August
17
- Is there racism in the deed to your home?. Racial covenants were used across the United States, and though they are now illegal, the ugly language remains in countless property records. In Seattle and
08
- The stigma of a scarlet E. Eviction cases are a stubborn blot on any renter’s history. They are nearly impossible to scrub away, even if the tenant made good
03
- Biden administration moves to block evictions in most of U.S.. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a moratorium on evictions for 60 days for U.S. counties with “substantial and high
- CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3, as the Biden administration sought
- After the eviction moratorium, here’s what renters need to know. Tenants of single-family homes financed by the federal government, specifically the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Veterans Affairs, are still protected through
02
- A tsunami of deferred debt is about to hit homeowners. While Congress approved $10 billion in federal assistance to help homeowners pay off debt, the program is moving so slowly that protections are expiring before states
- Pelosi pide a Biden extender moratoria a desahucios. La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, y otros legisladores demócratas exhortaron el domingo al gobierno del presidente Joe
01
- Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections. In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might help her stave off eviction.
July
30
- Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban. A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on
28
- AP-NORC poll: Inequity in community support for older adults. Many Americans believe their communities are doing a good job meeting the needs of older adults, but white people may be better equipped than people
22
- Día 20: Cuentas claras, convivencia larga. Compartir los gastos con otra persona puede ser un verdadero alivio. Pero solo si se establecen con claridad los términos del acuerdo.
20
- Los programas de estímulo económico llegan a su fin. ¿Qué hacer?. La moratoria a los desalojos y los préstamos educativos están por expirar. También los beneficios por desempleo y las
02
- Congress considers credit-reporting overhaul. House Committee on Financial Services chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said that the House passed two bills out of committee before the pandemic
01
- Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy. Nationwide, state leaders set aside at least $2.6 billion from the CARES Act’s Coronavirus Relief Fund to prop up struggling renters, but a year
June
29
- CFPB approves new foreclosure protections, but not blanket ban. Under the new rule, from Aug. 31, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2021, mortgage servicers may only refer 120-day delinquent accounts for foreclosure provided at least one of three new
28
- She wanted to stay. Her landlord wanted her out. A vast judicial machine that evicted tenants at more than double the national average in the years before the pandemic is revving up after months
24
- CDC extends eviction moratorium through July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended a moratorium on evictions until the end of July. The ban had been set to expire
23
- CFPB to adopt mortgage moratorium rule with some exclusions. The U.S. consumer watchdog weeks will adopt a rule requiring mortgage servicers to give struggling homeowners until next year to resume repayments, but is
22
- Mobile home owners fear evictions as pandemic protections end. The pandemic hit owners of mobile homes especially hard. In August, the Urban Institute, an economic and social policy think tank, reported that 35 percent of
16
- When no landlord will rent to you, where do you go?. Having few other options, those whose incomes are extremely low are more and more finding shelter not in apartments but in roadside motels or aging
10
- More than a third of consumers found errors in their credit reports. For about 1 in 10 people in the Consumer Reports study, errors were related to their financial data: unrecognized payments, payments wrongly reported as late, or debt
07
- Competitive home buyers waive contingencies to score homes. Like many of today’s buyers in the excruciatingly competitive housing market, people sometimes opt to waive contingencies that protect buyers in the hope
02
- Tenants scored a victory in the D.C. Court of Appeals. Landlords will still be barred from filing eviction cases so long as D.C.’s moratorium on evictions remains in place. D.C. landlords
01
- Los estadounidenses más pobres en riesgo de ser desalojados en junio; más de 11 millones están atrasados con pagos. Este junio está por terminar la protección nacional de la vivienda y la gente más pobre está en riesgo
May
25
- Fight looms over down payment aid to close racial wealth gap. A $10 billion proposal by House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) would give homebuyers up to $25,000 for a down payment. Waters' plan has triggered concern
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