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State Lenders Choke Bush's Fight Against Foreclosures

Housing agencies won't risk lending to debtors

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2008 7:18 PM CST

(Newser) – President Bush’s goal of helping subprime borrowers by offering tax-exempt bonds is meeting resistance from state lenders, Bloomberg reports. Risk-averse state housing agencies are already turning down over half the applicants to their own programs intended to help those affected by the crisis, due...   Read full story »

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