Tag Archive | "Mortgage Crisis"
KWMU: Financial Literacy Program 5/28
Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House. Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House. Thursday, May 28th, the topic of KWMU's St. Louis on the Air will be financial literacy for all ages. Guests on the program include Ms. Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; and Yvonne Maldonado, Youth Specialist at Kingdom House.
Continue reading...This American Life: No Map
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A few weeks ago This American Life aired an episode called “No Map.” One of the topics covered was the mortgage crisis, and the fact that many people who are facing foreclosure have “no map”–no past experience, no guidelines–for facing the mortgage crisis. The podcast can be found in the Episode Archive–May 15, #380: “No Map.” The story begins around [...]
Continue reading...KWMU–Facing the Mortgage Crisis Programs
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Don’t forget to check out KWMU’s Facing the Mortgage Crisis programming in the next couple weeks: “Hard Times in Middletown,” hosted by Kai Ryssdal of Marketplace, will air from 8-9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26th. “Bridge to Somewhere,” hosted by Steven Smith, will air from 8-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2nd. These are the final two documentaries in a series [...]
Continue reading...KWMU and Facing the Mortgage Crisis
Thursday, April 30, 2009
KWMU, our St. Louis NPR station, is now partnering with us on Facing the Mortgage Crisis. We’re excited to have them as our partner on this project–they’ve already aired a few reports about the mortgage crisis, and you can check those out by clicking HERE. Keep an eye (and an ear!) out for more on Facing the Mortgage Crisis [...]
Continue reading...UMSL Brown Bag Series
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Continue reading...Renters and the Mortgage Crisis–KWMU
Friday, April 24, 2009
Today Maria Altman of KWMU did a report on renters and foreclosure. While owners get 20 days’ notice of a foreclosure, renters often don’t get any notice at all. While there’s legislation that’s trying to change this process, as of now renters are in a difficult position. Ms. Altman gave a few suggestions for people who [...]
Continue reading...Renters and the Mortgage Crisis
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Yesterday the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article about the effect of the mortgage crisis on renters–if a rental property is foreclosed on, even renters who pay their rent on time every month can find themselves out on the streets with little to no warning. The article mentioned a few bills in the House and the Senate that [...]
Continue reading...Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (AMLF)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
As we’ve blogged about before, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has published a timeline of the current financial crisis. The entire site is a great resource, but one thing that may interest people in particular – who are looking to understand the crisis – is the glossary of terms. Are you curious about what an Asset-Backed [...]
Continue reading...Our Community: Spanish Lake
Monday, February 9, 2009
Here is a blog post written by Lauren Schwarze, one of our Financial Crisis interns. This post features how one community in St. Louis is banding together to fight the ripple effects of foreclosure. Recently on Living St. Louis Jim Kirchherr joined John Thro of the St. Louis County Problem Property Unit and Jamie O’Hare of [...]
Continue reading...NOW: This is not a private problem
Monday, February 9, 2009
This NOW featrure focuses on the mortgage crisis, its ripple effects, and what specific communitie are doing to fight back. Is there really going to be help for homeowners? At Channel 9, we’ve been looking at how the mortgage crisis has impacted the St. Louis region over the last eight months. These types of stories help [...]
Continue reading...Take Action
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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