Friday, March 18, 2011

Billions Lost In City Tax Revenue

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California Foreclosure Losses in Billions, Lawmaker Wants Banks to Pay

According to a community advocacy group in California, home value losses from foreclosed homes in California have cost a minimum of $632 billion, and could end up costing as much as $1 trillion.

California is considered one of the “hardest-hit” states in the country, and according to the report, one in every five foreclosures in the United States is in California. Nearly a third of mortgages in California are underwater, and there have been 1.2 million foreclosures in the state since 2008.

ACCE has teamed up with a California assemblyman who is proposing legislation that would force lenders to pay $20,000 for each home foreclosure they initiate in California.

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