Lisa Sitkin

Housing and Economic Rights Advocates

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Managing attorney at Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, a statewide, nonprofit legal service and advocacy organization

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On today's To the Point, we heard about the $26 billion mortgage settlement worked out between the Obama Administration, five major banks and 49 of 50 state attorneys general,…

Will Mortgage Settlement Help Struggling SoCal Homeowners?

On today's To the Point, we heard about the $26 billion mortgage settlement worked out between the Obama Administration, five major banks and 49 of 50 state attorneys general,…

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