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Ramifications of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008

by Tom Koziol | August 15, 2008

Last week I said I would present a solution to the foreclosure mess in today’s post. However, I was sidetracked by two pieces I read in a friend’s newsletter. Since they are about the recently passed housing bill, I think they are important. After you read them, you too may decide they are important.
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New Housing Bill Will Not Stabalize Home Prices

by Rob K. Blake | July 27, 2008

Yesterday in a special session the Senate passed the Housing Economic Recovery Act of 2008, H.R. 3221, with a 72 to 13 vote. This measure received such overwhelming bipartisan support so politicians could point to this legislation and say, “We are doing something to mitigate the foreclosure crisis”.
They aren’t.
This bill once converted to law [...]

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