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December 22, 2005
The Real Estate Adviser: HUD's Christmas gift for hurricane victims
By TOM KELLY
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
In the past decade, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been the subject of intense scrutiny... and the jokes that accompany that focus. In fact, some members of Congress would like to see the Federal Housing Administration agency taken out of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and put into the private sector.
For years, "government housing" options — specifically FHA loans — were perceived as being heavily wrapped in red tape. Gordon Schlicke, who retired in 1998 as vice president of training and development for Mellon Bancorp after serving in a variety of Puget Sound banking positions, often targets HUD:
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Previous columns:
- The Real Estate Adviser: 'Parent-proofing' your home for the holidays, 12-15-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Are you due for a refund from HUD?, 12-08-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Few families prepare well for inheritance, 12-01-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Investment property? Know the P/E ratio, 11-25-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: For fun or profit? Tips on buying second home, 11-17-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Curious timing for talk of home deduction cut, 11-10-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Local event part of Aging in Place Week, 11-03-2005
- The Real Estate Adviser: Signs of a housing slowdown? Not here, 10-27-2005