Oct 5, 2011 10:51AM UPDATE: In response to news of the lawsuit, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, has called for action from the VA and the Department of Justice. Brown said, "No consumer should be forced to pay illegal fees, but it is particularly disgraceful to impose such extraction schemes on our veterans." He asked the agencies to release full information on any internal investigations and responses to the suit. Three... Oct 5, 2011 5:00PM The Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Treasury have issued the administration's September Housing Scorecard . The scorecard is largely a round-up of information on housing and housing finance from sources such as S&P/Case-Shiller, RealtyTrac, and the Census Bureau and other government agencies, all of which have previously been covered here. It also incorporates by reference data on the Making Home Affordable Program which, in this month's report, covers summary data through...
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