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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The person in the house was actually the best person to buy the house, and yet the bank insisted on throwing them out.”

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
The person in the house was actually the best person to buy the house, and yet the bank insisted on throwing them out.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse highlights the absurdity of banks foreclosing on suitable homeowners.

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