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Sherrod Brown: “Think about that--in plain English, that meant take advantage of the foreclosure crisis--the crisis that turned…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2021
Think about that--in plain English, that meant take advantage of the foreclosure crisis--the crisis that turned homeowners' lives upside down and gutted their hard-earned savings--to give Wall Street billionaires the chance to buy up homes for less than they're worth, and rent them out at a steep profit.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown accuses Wall Street of profiting from the foreclosure crisis at homeowners' expense.

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