Obama, Dems ready to move on housing
Goals: Boost lending, prevent foreclosures
By Matt Carter, Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
Photo courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBarack Obama will be sworn in today as the nation's 44th president with a green light from Congress to unleash the second half of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program and legislation providing an additional $825 billion jolt to the economy on tap.
Before Obama took the oath of office, lawmakers had introduced a slew of measures in the new year aimed at spurring home purchases and preventing foreclosures.
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