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In the News
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Picture the Homeless Blog: Talking Trusts: East Harlem Residents Forum on Community Land Trusts
Picture the Homeless — Last week, dozens of East Harlem tenants and residents and shareholders gathered at Taino Towers to figure out how they were going to save their homes – and their community.
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The Huffington Post: Will New York City Lead the Fight Against Employment Discrimination?
The Huffington Post — “How can you pay your debt, if you can’t get a job?” That’s the straight-forward question Council Member Debi Rose asked on the steps of New York’s City Hall on Friday, as she stood up as a lead sponsor of legislation which would ban discrimination against job applicants and employees based…
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New York Foundation: Homelessness, Community Land Trusts, and the Future of NYC Neighborhoods
New York Foundation — A conversation with Sam Miller of Picture the Homeless.
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New York Post: Mortgage Crisis Pickets Hit Midtown
New York Post — Manhattan’s residential real-estate scene is roaring back — but don’t look across the river. The shadow of the foreclosure crisis is fading fast in tony enclaves like the Upper East Side, where home prices spiked 36 percent in the first quarter.
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BK Live: Mortgage Inequities Segment
BK Live — Mark Winston Griffith (Brooklyn Movement Center Executive Director), David Reiss (Brooklyn Law School & refinblog.com), and Alexis Iwanisziw (New Economy Project) discuss mortgage inequities and how they affect Brooklyn (and beyond).
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American Banker: Courthouse ‘Rocket Dockets’ Give Debt Collectors Edge Over Debtors
American Banker — Early on a chilly Friday in January, Franklyn Williamson walked into courtroom 264B of the Prince George’s County, Md., district courthouse. An athletic 55-year-old realtor in Silver Spring, Williamson had canceled a Florida trip to appear in court that day.
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Daily News: Banks Issue Fewest Conventional Mortgages in Minority Neighborhoods
Daily News — It took Dante Jones four years of living with his folks and working absurdly long hours to scrape together a $15,000 downpayment for a home in southeast Queens for himself, his fiancé and his six children. The city employee was pre-approved for a mortgage on a five-bedroom house in St. Albans last…
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Wall St. Journal: What J.P. Morgan’s $13 Bln Settlement Means for Neighborhoods, Struggling Homeowners
Wall Street Journal: Market Watch — The government wants J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., chastened by this week’s record-breaking settlement with the Justice Department, to focus on helping borrowers and neighborhoods that are struggling the most.
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Business Insider: JPMorgan Will Pay Record $13 Billion Settlement Over Mortgages
Business Insider — JPMorgan Chase will pay a $13 billion settlement to the government related to mortgages, according to a press release. It’s the largest settlement paid by a company to the government.