Advocates

(LAWSUIT) ACORN Sues For More Money
   Watching its financial resources evaporate on the heels of federal and state investigations into its activities and finances, the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now sues to recover
posted 11/13/09 12:27 PM  read complete story

Trade Lobbies Push Domestic Spending
   Congress departed the Capitol for the Passover/Easter recess without coming to terms over a FY 2010 spending ceiling, leaving two weeks for housing trade lobbyists to prod lawmakers to restore
posted 4/10/09 12:29 PM  read complete story

ACORN Fears On The Rise
   Hovering in the background of American Recovery & Reinvestment Act proposals is the fear on the right of the political spectrum that the Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now will attempt to
posted 2/13/09 12:38 PM  read complete story

Protests Disrupt Mortgage Banker Meet
   Members of the Mortgage Bankers Assn. gathered in San Francisco for their annual conference this week and events unfolded that likely made attendees wish for the good old days when the bankers were
posted 10/24/08 12:47 PM  read complete story

FM Policy Focus Disbands
   ter nearly 10 years of trying to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, lobby group FM Policy Focus calls it a day July 30, just hours after President Bush signs the massive housing rescue bill, HR 3221. FM Policy Focus, which began as FM Watch, declared its mission
posted 8/8/08 12:40 PM  read complete story

Housing Lobbies Blitz Capitol Hill
   Washington lobbyists are pulling out all stops in an effort to persuade Congress to adopt a housing market stimulus.
posted 5/16/08 12:35 PM  read complete story

Lobbies Push Bankruptcy Code Change
   Despite wariness in the House during an election year and a bitter defeat in the Senate, unions and liberal lobbies link in a coalition to press the House to revisit proposed changes to the bankruptcy code to favor homeowners facing foreclosure. The law was changed in a
posted 4/25/08 12:16 PM  read complete story

ACORN Crashes MBA Parley
   About 150 protesters from Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) invade a Mortgage Bankers Assn. (MBA)
posted 3/21/08 12:30 PM  read complete story

Housing Forum Doubles As Lobby
   A day-long housing forum designed as a prelude to the unveiling of a Bush administration subprime bailout plan doubles as an effort to move Congress off dead-enter on Federal Housing Admin. (FHA) and government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reform.
posted 12/7/07 3:58 PM  read complete story

ACB, ABA Merger Complete
   American Bankers Assn. completes its merger with America's Community Bankers
posted 12/7/07 3:53 PM  read complete story