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We’re Addicted to Denying our Addiction to FHA’s Mortgage Crack

Written on 23 Nov, 2012 at 6:13

We’re Addicted to Denying our Addiction to FHA’s Mortgage Crack

According to Moody's Analytics, FHA's actions prevented home prices from dropping an additional 25%, which in turn saved 3 million jobs and half a trillion dollars in economic output. But now FHA is broke. Now what?... (Continue reading)

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