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After going through it herself, Regina Myree is now working to help others through the foreclosure process. Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley has this profile.
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We aired our Facing the Mortgage Crisis documentary narrated by Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley at 1pm on Friday, July 24. We hosted a web chat with guest panelists Kent Spencer and Gloriane Wiley of the Wayne County Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program. Michigan Radio’s Steve Carmody helped moderate the chat.
Listen to the program and read the web chat HERE.
We will air our FTMC documentary narrated by Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley at 1pm on Friday, July 24. Starting at that time, you’ll also be able to listen to a streaming MP3 of the program and join in the web chat on the same page. Our panelists for the web chat will be Kent Spencer and Gloria Wylie of the Wayne County Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program. Michigan Radio’s Steve Carmody will be a chat moderator.
For more info, click HERE.
We’ve been hearing a lot of stories like this. A family or individual gets hit with a huge illness or injury, and as a result can’t handle both the health care expenses and the mortgage. We wanted to take a closer look at the relationship between health care costs and foreclosures. Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley talks with Larry Gant, a professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.
Last year we spoke with Debbie Gilliam. She was about to lose her house to foreclosure after losing her job. Now, a year later, Gilliam still lives with her mom. She is struggling to work through the transition and deal with the loss of her house. Gilliam is still looking for a full-time job and hopes to someday own a house again.
Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host Christina Shockley speaks with Krista Tippett, host of the public radio program Speaking of Faith. They discuss why it is that people often turn to faith and spirituality in times of economic crisis.
Many organizations in Michigan and across the country offer financial advice and assistance to help people keep their homes. But we wondered is there ever a situation in which getting out of the home is the best option, financially? Perhaps if the person is in truly dire straits. Is foreclosure ever recommended? Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host Christina Shockley speaks with Robert Brokamp, a contributor to the Motley Fool, which aims to educate people about money and finances.
This summer public broadcasters across the country are taking a look at the mortgage crisis. Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host Christina Shockley speaks with Donald Grimes, a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Research on Labor, Employment and the Economy at the University of Michigan.
Today Michigan Radio begins a series of interviews about how the mortgage crisis is playing out in Michigan. Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition host Christina Shockley speaks with Jamele Hage, the director of the Wayne County Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program.
"Facing the Mortgage Crisis" is part of CPB's Public Service Media Economic Response Initiative.