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Lottery can end homes crisis

Published: 26 July 2012

Back in 2010, I suggested a radical solution for the housing crisis. It wasn't radical in the sense of it never having been done - and even done prominently in the US - but only in the sense that it was practiced a few centuries ago, and then forgotten.

With the ongoing housing crisis water torture and the recent events unfolding in California, where a number of cities have recently announced plans to seize loans on "underwater" homes (those valued at less than the mortgages), perhaps that radical solution should be now given priority.

-Article by Reuven Brenner

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