Goodnight, John-Boy: Driven partly by job losses, more
multigenerational families are choosing to live together as "boomerang
kids" flock home and people help care for grandchildren or aging
parents.
It's been 16 months since Eugene and Patricia Harrison last paid the
mortgage on their Perris, Calif., home. Eleven months since the notice
got slapped on their front door, warning that it would be sold at
auction.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled details of a proposal that
would give rebates at the cash register to people who want to make
their homes more energy-efficient.
Reeling from the recession's one-two-three-punch of job woes,
climbing mortgage payments and evaporating equity, desperate homeowners
are dipping into a nearby income stream to avoid foreclosure.
More than 40 years after her family was forced from their home because they were black, Sallie Sanders received the keys to a new house built to settle one of the longest-running cases of housing discrimination in the United States.
