Housing

• The Three Cs: Cars, credit and construction top annual consumer complaint survey
• Recent changes in reverse mortgages impact older homeowners
• Forced arbitration ubiquitous in consumer contracts
• Survey finds California homeowners, renters fall through the cracks
• “Day of Action” highlights impact of recession on communities
• Warranties for new homes force consumers into arbitration
• Could regulations have prevented the economic crisis?
• Discrimination charged in post-Katrina housing lawsuit
• Mortgage companies asked to do more to help at-risk homeowners
• Some mortgage modifications are actually increasing home loans
• Minority consumers most at-risk for high-cost mortgage loans
• Attorneys General fighting foreclosures across the country
• Foreclosures take toll on city finances
• Legal Assistance for Families Facing Surge in Foreclosures
• Mortgage Lending Crisis and its Impact on Hispanic Community
• Brokerage held liable in predatory mortgage loans
• Online roommate ads defy spirit of Fair Housing Act