Nation Topics - Housing and Homelessness | The Nation

Why the home loan industry won't (and can't) fix itself.

Industry insiders reveal how predatory lending made it more profitable to run a mortgage shop than to sell drugs.

Advice and resources for preventing or fighting foreclosure.

This week in Baltimore, the first protester in a civil disobedience campaign to resist foreclosure was arrested. Is there more to come?

Representative Marcy Kaptur and economist Dean Baker discuss the housing crisis in this special presentation of 'Fighting For Our Homes.'

Will Obama's $75 billion homeowner bailout plan work? Fair housing activists Sarah Ludwig, Paul Leonard and others discuss the foreclosure crisis.

As a horrified nation sees millions evicted, community organizations--and at least one lawmaker--advise them to hold their ground.

With Americans facing foreclosures and banks using bailout money to pay themselves, community organizing has proved to be the best defense for homeowners.

A tenant protest compels Cook County's Tom Dart to suspend foreclosure evictions.

Patrick Markee and Lizzie Ratner report from a New York intake clinic for homeless families in the Bronx.