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How To Lose Your Home Without Missing a Payment

Posted Nov 18, 07 4:11 PM CST in US,  Business 

(Newser) – When landlords default on risky subprime loans, renters are the ones left out in the cold, the New York Times reports. Thousands of renters have lost their homes, usually little suspecting they were living on precariously-financed ground. “Renters are collateral damage in the mortgage crisis,” said one lawyer. In some states, more than 20% of 2007 foreclosures weren’t owner-occupied.

Help could be on the way. The House recently passed a bill that would give renters six months to vacate after a foreclosure. The lending industry opposes the measure–“Banks don’t want to be landlords,” explained one mortgage exec. Evicted renters disagree. “I should have rights like everybody else,” said one. “I paid my rent. That should entitle me to some security, right?”

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A sign is seen inside the interior of an unoccupied single family home offered in a lender foreclosure home auction in Burbank, Calif. in this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,...   (Associated Press)
A home in foreclosure is shown in Pomona, Calif. in this Oct. 31, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)   (Associated Press)
Notices, warnings, service fliers, and trash pile up at the front door of a house that has been vacant for months, similar to many homes left empty due to foreclosures in the Villages of Queen Creek housing...   (Associated Press)
A home in foreclosure is shown Wednesday Oct. 31, 2007 in Pomona, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)   (Associated Press)
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