Eager for funds from President-elect Obama’s proposed stimulus plan, 600 housing- related organizations late last year formed Fix Housing First, a coalition aimed at securing government assistance for the housing industry. The initiative follows the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, designed to address the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, and the Bush administration’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). On Jan. 7, hundreds of Fix Housing First members from across the country met in Washington for some 60 to 70 meetings with lawmakers. “We are storming the Hill … to convince lawmakers that any stimulus package that will be more effective than TARP … must… Read More