May 2012 Archives
Tuesday Morning Reads: Presidential politics, housing and loans
May 8, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel
* A coalition that advocates for affordable housing wants money from foreclosure settlements to go toward affordable housing programs, the Florida Current reports.
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Group wants foreclosure fraud settlement money for affordable housing programs
May 8, 2012 | Florida Current
Lawmakers again swept document stamp tax funds this year that were supposed to go toward affordable housing programs, but a multi-state foreclosure fraud settlement has given groups supporting those programs new hope.
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EDITORIAL: Florida’s $300-million housing bounty
May 9, 2012 | Miami Herald
Advocates of affordable housing in Florida, listen up: You have a chance to weigh in on how the state uses $300 million to ease the pain of the foreclosure crisis, but you must act quickly.
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Florida Realtors®: Spend $100M of Banks’ Settlement Money On Workforce Housing
May 9, 2012 | Sacramento Bee
ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As a strong advocate for affordable housing, Florida Realtors® urges Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to put the Sadowski Housing Trust Fund at the top of the state’s list to receive some of an expected $300-plus million due from the recent foreclosure legal settlement with five of the nation’s largest banks.
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Florida Realtors®: Spend $100M of Banks’ Settlement Money On Workforce Housing
May 9, 2012 | MarketWatch
ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As a strong advocate for affordable housing, Florida Realtors® urges Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to put the Sadowski Housing Trust Fund at the top of the state’s list to receive some of an expected $300-plus million due from the recent foreclosure legal settlement with five of the nation’s largest banks.
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Mortgage Fraud: Suggest Settlement Ideas
May 10, 2012 | Lakeland Ledger Editorial
Floridians now have an easy way to suggest constructive ways for their state to spend millions of dollars from the proceeds of a mortgage-fraud settlement. Florida was among the states that joined the federal government to sue the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers, alleging foreclosure abuses and unacceptable nationwide mortgage-servicing practices. Florida’s share of the $25 billion settlement is $8.4 billion.
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EDITORIAL: Florida’s $300-million housing bounty
May 10, 2012 | Chicago Times
Advocates of affordable housing in Florida, listen up: You have a chance to weigh in on how the state uses $300 million to ease the pain of the foreclosure crisis, but you must act quickly.
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Realtors Suggest Housing Trusts for Mortgage Settlement Money
May 10, 2012 | Sunshine State News
The Florida Realtors are the latest to chime in on how Attorney General Pam Bondi should spent $300 million, the state’s share of a national mortgage servicing settlement.
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Florida Realtors: Spend $100M of banks’ settlement money on workforce housing
May 11, 2012 | Destin Log
As a strong advocate for affordable housing, Florida Realtors urges Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to put the Sadowski Housing Trust Fund at the top of the state’s list to receive some of an expected $300-plus million due from the recent foreclosure legal settlement with five of the nation’s largest banks.
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EDITORIAL: Florida’s $300-million housing bounty
May 12, 2012 | Bradenton Herald
Advocates of affordable housing in Florida, listen up: You have a chance to weigh in on how the state uses $300 million to ease the pain of the foreclosure crisis, but you must act quickly.
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Last day to tell state how to spend giant mortgage settlement
May 13, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel
Florida is now sitting on about $300 million in mortgage-settlement funds, and everyone from real-estate agents to victimized homeowners has been advising state Attorney General Pam Bondi on how to spend it.
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