Gov’t watchdogs: mortgage program is not working
July 21st, 2010 | Published in News
Bailout watchdogs say Obama mortgage program is failing to help homeowners facing foreclosure
Daniel Wagner, AP Business Writer, On Wednesday July 21, 2010, 11:27 am EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government watchdogs told a Senate panel Wednesday that the Obama administration’s effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure isn’t working and that the Treasury Department has failed to fix the program.
Special inspector general for the financial bailouts Neil Barofsky said the program has not “put an appreciable dent in foreclosure filings,” during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the $700 billion bank bailout. He also said the Treasury Department has ignored earlier demands that it set clearer goals for the program.