Four Ways The Foreclosure Mess Could Be Used To Help Homeowners

If you didn't think the gods of financial crises had a sense of humor, consider that the latest economic threat is that foreclosures have largely stopped. What's next? Our (401)ks are looking too full?
Although the potential for chaos in the housing market and on bank balance sheets is rightly feared, there's an opportunity here, too. Foreclosures have paused. There's renewed recognition that the business practices behind the housing bubble were a mixture of insane and fraudulent. The banks will probably need some government help again, even if it's just regulatory forbearance. The market is preparing for the possibility of new policies - and we should have some, but not just for the banks. For the homeowners, too.

Our response to the financial crisis had three parts: The bank and auto bailouts, the stimulus, and the efforts to help homeowners facing foreclosure. The bailouts worked pretty well. The stimulus was much too small, but at least did what it said it was going to do. The help for homeowners, however, has been a disaster.

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