Airing today at 2 pm EST on NPR (88.5 FM), LEDC’s Regional Director of Homeownership Manuel Ochoa is a guest on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin!
Yesterday, Latino Decisions and impreMedia released data from a new survey focused on how the national housing crisis has impacted the Latino population. The April survey is the second of a series of six monthly tracking polls in 2011.
LEDC’s Manuel Ochoa will speak to how Latinos renters and homeowners have been impacted by the housing crisis in the Washington region.
To read more about the survey findings, click here.
To listen online to NPR’s Tell me More, click here.
June 24, 2010
WAMU 88.5 – Foreclosure Process Needs Reform (Commentary)
Posted by Latino Economic Development Center under Commentary, Foreclosure Counseling, LEDC in the News, Maryland News | Tags: foreclosure, HAMP, Homeownership, housing counseling, Latino Economic Development Corporation, LEDC, Making Home Affordable, Silver Spring |Leave a Comment
This commentary by LEDC’s Regional Director of Homeownership Manuel Ochoa was aired this morning on WAMU 88.5.
Ignore the white noise surrounding the “Making Home Affordable” program and you might come across a man named Jose Ugarte.
The day Jose and his family saved their home was the day they realized they had kept the memories of their first home intact. His son Marcelo, now 26, remembers painting the fireplace wall crimson red as a child. His teenage daughter Natalie remembers her first sleepover with friends. Over the course of 10 years, each member of Jose’s family could see themselves in their Silver Spring, Maryland home.
“This home is like a nest,” Jose once said. “Every person puts things here and there, with care and feeling. You have your children under your wings, and you protect them.”
To listen to the full commentary, click here.
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