Nearly all of the foreclosures filed by the USDA in recent months have targeted Maine’s poorest rural residents. (Photo illustration by Peter DiCampo/ProPublica. Source photos: Bangor Daily News.
Nearly all of the foreclosures filed by the USDA in recent months have targeted Maine’s poorest rural residents. (Photo illustration by Peter DiCampo/ProPublica. Source photos: Bangor Daily News.
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The USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt
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The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional ...
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