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Statements about Housing
Lee Holloway

Lee Holloway

Pants on Fire!

The list – including roaches, ceiling plaster and exit signs – shows otherwise

The city building code violations on my properties only involve exterior issues; "within the households, it’s fine."

Chain email

Chain email

Pants on Fire!

The TARP bailout was a LOT cheaper

Unemployment and the housing and auto industry crises can be fixed by giving a million dollars to every worker over age 50 to retire.

Matthew Dowd

Matthew Dowd

Half-True

Progress on GDP growth and income, but stubborn problems on jobs

"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."

City of Beaverton

City of Beaverton

False

A record for Beaverton, but sadly not for Oregon

Last year, Beaverton School District had the highest number of homeless students ever recorded in Oregon. 

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Half-True

Not all that were canceled were due to default

Of the more than 1.3 million temporary mortgage modifications, over half have defaulted.  

Bob Stacey

Bob Stacey

False

Farmers, put down those pitchforks

Says Tom Hughes supports paving over thousands of acres with over-development and sprawl.

Mickie Williams

Mickie Williams

Half-True

Clayton officials claim on program's economic impact sounds right, but needs more back up

Clayton County has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

Loranne Ausley

Loranne Ausley

Half-True

Atwater left 14 months before FDIC stepped in

"(Jeff) Atwater's bank was so weak that just a few months ago it was shut down by the FDIC."

Sharron Angle

Sharron Angle

Half-True

U.S. economic downturn may have played a role

"Harry Reid says he does more for Nevada. He's done more for unemployment. We were at 4.4 percent. Now we're at 14 percent. He's done more for the foreclosure rate. We have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. He's done more for bankruptcy. We have the highest bankruptcy rate in the nation."

Pam Bondi

Pam Bondi

Mostly True

Talking specifically about FBI investigations

Mortgage fraud is "up 400 percent in the last five years."

Barney Simms

Barney Simms

True

Former Atlanta tenants not flooding the 'burbs, research show

"Have the suburbs been inundated with former residents of Atlanta housing projects? Absolutely not."

Boyd Richie

Boyd Richie

Mostly False

Charge glosses over some important details

Says Rep. Ken Legler "voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes."

Jeff Greene

Jeff Greene

Half-True

Greene faults Meek for subprime market mess

"My opponent here has accepted money from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae (and) hosted subprime mortgage seminars."  

Kendrick Meek

Kendrick Meek

Mostly False

Good sound byte, but much hyperbole

Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."

Florida Democratic Party

Florida Democratic Party

True

That's what he said

Bill McCollum explained his lack of action on mortgage fraud by saying, "You can't do everything."

Florida Democratic Party

Florida Democratic Party

Pants on Fire!

Misquoting McCollum -- and attributing a quote that he didn't say

"McCollum admitted he didn't think that the subprime mortgage crisis was a big deal, telling reporters he thought that the subprime collapse had been exaggerated by the media and investors and that 'it's not the end of the world.' "

Kendrick Meek

Kendrick Meek

Mostly True

At times it's been third or fourth

Florida "has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation."

Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Half-True

He's right about jobs and housing, but then come the distortions

"I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending."

MoveOn.org

MoveOn.org

True

MoveOn gets the numbers right

Senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.

John McCain

John McCain

Mostly False

Ringing an alarm, not averting a crisis

"I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it."

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