The Bottom Line Blog

  On Tuesday, 19 House Democrats sent an open letter to the President and Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle, urging $50 billion worth of principal reduction for struggling homeowners to be included in any final negotiation on the so-called "fiscal cliff."  President Obama and many members of...

Did you see Sunday’s edition of The New York Times? In their lead editorial, the paper repeated a demand that The New Bottom Line has been making for a year: fire Federal Housing Finance Agency interim-director Ed DeMarco and replace him with somebody who actually has an interest in helping homeowners.

Great news!  Last week, scores of New Bottom Line community members like you took action and called two Bank of America bankers that Lori had been getting the run-around from while trying to get her mortgage straightened out. For nearly a year, Lori had been trying to track down the...

Yesterday, a dozen supporters rallied at Lori's home to wait for a phone call from Bank of America about the fate of Lori's mortgage and her home. Despite promising to call, the deadline passed in silence.  Now it's time to get Bank of America's attention. Starting Monday hundreds of people will...

Tomorrow, the community of Salida, CO will rally with Lori Boydston at her home to await a phone call from Bank of America. This phone call will determine whether or not Lori and her family stay in their home of fourteen years.