Wall Street-backed firms are duping would-be homebuyers, 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr. and west-side activists fought against housing discrimination.
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Residents of a Bridgeport SRO are told they have until the end of the day to get out
The self-described “black sheep of Bridgeport” are struggling to hold on to housing.
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Bellwood Family Gets HAMP’d*
A local family finds themselves yet another victim of a well-meaning (or not) program.
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Segregation and Foreclosure in Chicago
How segregation helped lay the groundwork for the foreclosure crisis.
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8/27-8/28—Free Mortgage Assistance from Citibank
Citibank sponsors two events to help homeowners at risk of foreclosure apply for assistance with their Citi mortgages.
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What Jon Stewart and Rick Santelli are really fighting about
The terrifying disaster behind the amusing Jon Stewart – Rick Santelli – CNBC feud.
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The “Keep Mr. Beef Alive” campaign
Mr. Beef facing foreclosure; local ad copywriter campaigns to save the restaurant
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Tom Dart talks mortgages
The story of Tom Dart’s foreclosure suspension continues to spread.
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After I get sick I just get sad
A moving piece about Seeley Avenue in Ford Heights, abandoned to foreclosures.