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Historic Hawaiian homes get big tax breaks

Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Rob Perez found that owners of million-dollar historic homes on Oahu were getting major property-tax breaks without meeting a key requirement of the exemption program — that […]
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Vacant homes running up inflated water bills

An investigation by David Andreatta of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.) found hundreds of vacant, boarded-up homes in Rochester are accruing huge water bills because the city Water […]
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Danger lurks in some adult foster care homes

After a staff member at an adult foster care home in the Duluth, Minn., area was left alone with and nearly raped by a resident who had twice been civilly […]
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Chinese drywall "remediation" offers new niche for scammers

In Florida, convicted scammers and thieves are among workers selling unproven fixes and dubious diagnoses in the completely unregulated Chinese drywall "remediation" and inspection industry, a Palm Beach Post investigation […]
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Activist tackles Miami's housing woes

Paul Reyes, with support from the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, reports on housing issues in Miami, Fla. where over 70,000 are on a waiting list for public housing.  […]
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Loans brokered by nonprofits contributed to housing crisis

A review of government and court records by the Huffington Post Investigation Fund shows that two nonprofit groups worked closely with some of the nation's biggest home builders to broker […]
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Delays on loan modifications leave many vulnerable to foreclosure

Many homeowners have struggled to obtain loan modifications through Litton Loan Servicing, according to a report by Mc Nelly Torres for ConsumerAffairs.com. Dozens of complaints against Litton have been filed with […]
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City loses money as lenders abandon foreclosed properties

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Cary Spivak and Ben Poston uncovered the latest fallout from the mortgage crisis: foreclosed properties abandoned by lenders, also known as "walkaways." Using city and county […]
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Race gap widens in rejections for mortgage loans

An analysis of the latest national mortgage data by The Charlotte Observer found that "as the credit spigot dried up in 2008, blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be […]
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LA fire inspections can't keep pace

A Los Angeles Times analysis of fire inspection reports "show that personnel from the department's Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety have been falling behind in their efforts to […]
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