Video – Facing the Mortgage Crisis, July 22: Part IV

July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008
On July 22, KETC’s Ruth Ezell hosted the second of a two-part series entitled, Facing the Mortgage Crisis. The show covers the important topics regarding foreclosure that affect not just St. Louis, but communities nationwide. Neighborhoods with foreclosed homes attract criminals and experience a higher rate of vandalism and crime. Neighborhood stabilization is something that entire communities should join together and work towards.

Panelists include: Stephen Acree, Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance; Pamela Tucker Coaxum, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Chris Krehmeyer, Beyond Housing; Karen Wallensak, Catholic Charities.


Video – Facing the Mortgage Crisis, July 22: Part III

July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008
On July 22, KETC’s Ruth Ezell hosted the second of a two-part series entitled, Facing the Mortgage Crisis. The show covers the important topics regarding foreclosure that affect not just St. Louis, but communities nationwide. Neighborhoods with foreclosed homes attract criminals and experience a higher rate of vandalism and crime. Neighborhood stabilization is something that entire communities should join together and work towards.

Panelists include: Stephen Acree, Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance; Pamela Tucker Coaxum, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Chris Krehmeyer, Beyond Housing; Karen Wallensack, Catholic Charities.


Video – Facing the Mortgage Crisis, July 22: Part II

July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008
On July 22, KETC’s Ruth Ezell hosted the second of a two-part series entitled, Facing the Mortgage Crisis. The show covers the important topics regarding foreclosure that affect not just St. Louis, but communities nationwide. Neighborhoods with foreclosed homes attract criminals and experience a higher rate of vandalism and crime. Neighborhood stabilization is something that entire communities should join together and work towards.

Panelists include: Stephen Acree, Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance; Pamela Tucker Coaxum, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Chris Krehmeyer, Beyond Housing; Karen Wallensak, Catholic Charities.


Video – Facing the Mortgage Crisis, July 22: Part I

July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008

On July 22, KETC’s Ruth Ezell hosted the second of a two-part series entitled, Facing the Mortgage Crisis. The show covers the important topics regarding foreclosure that affect not just St. Louis, but communities nationwide. Neighborhoods with foreclosed homes attract criminals and experience a higher rate of vandalism and crime. Neighborhood stabilization is something that entire communities should join together and work towards.

Panelists include: Stephen Acree, Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance; Pamela Tucker Coaxum, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Chris Krehmeyer, Beyond Housing; Karen Wallensak, Catholic Charities.


When all else fails and foreclosure looms, bankruptcy attorneys say give them a chance

July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008

Originally published by The St. Louis Beacon on Wednesday, July 23, 2008:

By Mary Delach Leonard, Beacon staff

Which is worse: Foreclosure or bankruptcy?
 
Sometimes, the rock can be better than the hard place, insist bankruptcy lawyers. It all depends on an individual’s situation. And, they add, financially distressed consumers unable to negotiate a loan modification with their lenders might not think about bankruptcy as an option.

After reading the Beacon’s coverage of the mortgage crisis, attorney Rory Ellinger of Ellinger and Associates of O’Fallon, Mo., suggested a story about how Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be used to stop a foreclosure.

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