Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
Richard (RJ) Eskow, The Mortgage Crisis Dwarfs Almost Everything, provides excellent graphs and statistics
Ralph Nader on the morgage foreclosure crisis, and fair contracts:
http://nader.org/index.php?/archives/2215-Seeking-Fair-Contracts.html
Theresa Amato argues for a “Civil Gideon” for unrepresented homeowners facing foreclosure:
For an overview of the mortgage foreclosure crisis, see this five part series:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/foreclosure-fraud-for-dummies-1-the-chains-and-the-stakes/
See also this who’s who primer:
http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/whos-who-in-the-foreclosure-scandal-a-primer-on-the-players
See these websites:
For an excellent overview of the problems and potential solutions for loan modification programs, see NCLC lawyer Diane Thompson’s Senate Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs: Problems in Mortgage Servicing from Modification to Foreclosure, November 2010 at http://www.nclc.org/issues/hamp-policy-analysis.html
http://www.responsiblelending.org/
http://4closurefraud.org/
http://stopforeclosurefraud.com/
See also activist suggestions:
http://action.seiu.org/page/speakout/wheresthenote
See also legislation introduced to force a moratorium on foreclosures and the production of the mortgage note:
http://www.kaptur.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637#LegislationthatCongresswomanKapturhasintroducedonthefinancialcrisisandWallStreetGreed