The Fannie /Freddie story is a little more complicated, but most of the evidence I’ve seen suggests that although they were far from faultless in the housing bubble, they simply weren’t a big driving factor. They screwed up badly, and taxpayers are …. For most of We The People, the 60 year push to ‘own a home’ has been a scam , since most never actually ‘own’ the home – unless they pay a Bank interest, fees and penalties for 30 or 40 years. Which is the whole point of the …

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Our Big Fat Housing Problem | Mother Jones