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The USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt.

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The USDA Wouldn’t Let Her Give Up Her House When She Couldn’t Pay Her Mortgage. Instead, It Crushed Her With Debt

The USDA failed to follow its own guidance for a rural mortgage program, taking years to foreclose on delinquent loans. As a result, 55 Maine borrowers racked up, on average, $110,000 in additional ...
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The USDA wouldn’t let her give up her house when she couldn’t pay her mortgage. Instead, it crushed her with debt.

Nearly all of the foreclosures filed by the USDA in recent months have targeted Maine’s poorest rural residents. (Photo illustration by Peter DiCampo/ProPublica. Source photos: Bangor Daily News.