{"id":699939,"date":"2010-03-24T17:42:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2010-03-24T17:42:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T21:42:47","slug":"white-house-foreclosure-plan-under-watchdog-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/699939","title":{"rendered":"White House foreclosure plan under watchdog fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

And seems to be for very good reason — the program just didn’t even come close to delivering on alleviating Main Street pain<\/a>, and to make matters worse for homeowners in need of relief the Treasury Department still claims offering to help with a troubled mortgage counts as a success. Yes, the government is trying to say starting the process is just the same as actually following through and helping someone stay in their home. What a mess.<\/p>\n

From the link:<\/p>\n

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The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program said the Treasury Department set targets that weren’t “meaningful,” mismanaged the implementation of the program, and now risks a substantial number of “re-defaults,” with many participants ultimately losing their homes anyway.<\/p>\n

The administration’s $75 billion loan modification program may help as little as 1.5 to 2 million people, about half the number Obama said it would when he first unveiled the program in February 2009, the inspector general, Neil Barofsky, wrote in a report.<\/p>\n

Recently, Treasury Department officials have come under fire for saying the initial goal applied only to offering trial modifications, as opposed to permanent help.<\/p>\n

“Continuing to frame HAMP’s success around the number of “offers” extended is simply not sufficient,” Barofsky wrote, referring to the Home Affordable Modification Program.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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