The federal government launched Making Home Affordable, a loan modification program, last year to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. But as one Glenview woman is finding out, getting lenders to participate isn’t easy.
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The Loan Modification Mess
The Loan Modification Mess
February 21, 2010 – 12:40 pm
Condo conversion attempt fails, sparks argument
November 11, 2009 – 11:33 am
A proposal to speed the conversion of apartments to market-rate condos hit resistance at Oakland City Council committee meetings Tuesday, with housing advocates calling for a comprehensive reform of the city’s affordable housing rules.
Oakland gives locals a look at citywide rezoning plan
November 8, 2009 – 7:41 pm
Oakland is finally updating residential and commercial corridor zoning regulations that haven’t been touched in more than 40 years. A weekend gathering in North Oakland showed off early proposals that could change building heights, restrictions on commerce, and other kinds of zoning rules.
Mosswood garden dispute reflects the neighborhood’s uneasy change
November 3, 2009 – 7:00 am
In Mosswood Park’s community garden, two local businessmen have installed a growing area that displays their new eco-technology. It’s got vegetables, goldfish, and self-contained watering–and it’s set off deep divisions among the neighbors.
New refugees from rural Burma, grappling with modern California, find an ally in Oakland
October 19, 2009 – 8:00 am
In the last three weeks, seven new families have finally won the right to move to Oakland. The most recent family arrived October 7, and like the others, was picked up at San Francisco International Airport after a 16-hour flight, taken to a sparsely furnished apartment on 19th street in East Oakland, and given a [...]
Ten years of Just Cause Oakland
September 23, 2009 – 6:58 pm
By Puck Lo/Oakland North
“I am one of four thousand people in Oakland who will be foreclosed on,” announced East Oakland homeowner Karen Mims. The middle-aged, bespectacled African-American woman spoke with passion, and her voice reverberated in the auditorium-sized room.
Pupusa Problems and Affordable Apartments
June 4, 2009 – 9:45 am
It’s all part of an evening’s work at the Oakland City Planning Commission meeting. by SHILANDA WOOLRIDGE