Nonprofits bear brunt of foreclosure fight
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Mohammed Ibrahim is overwhelmed by people asking for help.
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Six top mortgage companies on  Tuesday launched a new program aimed at staving off foreclosure  for seriously delinquent borrowers in the hopes that new, more  affordable loan terms can be worked out.
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THOUSANDS OF homeowners with poor credit are facing foreclosure because they can no longer afford to pay their high-interest loans. In the crack-up of the so-called subprime mortgage industry, these borrowers are the most visible participants. But they aren't the only ones who seemed not to understand what they were getting themselves into.
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The oldest affiliate of Habitat for Humanity has filed suit to protest an agreement that the nonprofit housing organization is imposing on its 1,600 local chapters.
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Major disasters unearth con artists who prey on philanthropic goodwill.
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An auction of foreclosed homes, many of them in fast-growing exurban and desert communities east of Los Angeles, brought out a crowd of potential buyers.
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The Bush administration is challenging a court order requiring it to make housing payments to thousands of families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Business & money: Many have lost their homes after repayment pledge failed to avert repossession.
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Many houses of worship are under threat, crumbling from years of neglect, or becoming targets for acquisition by developers in neighborhoods where choice real estate is scarce.
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Six top mortgage companies on Tuesday launched a new program aimed at staving off foreclosure for seriously delinquent borrowers in the hopes that new, more affordable loan terms can be worked out.
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In New York City neighborhoods hit hard by the subprime lending crisis, most loans that ended up in foreclosure came from three companies, according to a new report.
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Treasury chief is looking for a financial instrument to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
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In Baltimore and elsewhere around the country, subprime mortgages, which are driving the foreclosure rate, have gone disproportionately to women.
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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It's the most expensive US recovery program ever, but local leaders complain that funds aren't getting to where they're most needed.
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Home foreclosures have set a record in the face of a Fed request to avoid taking homes.
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Nearly three decades after Washington area faith leaders founded a movement for affordable housing, there is a new push -- particularly in the District -- to revive the effort and get the clergy to see housing as an urgent mission field.