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Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy is offering a 20 percent discount to Americans facing foreclosure.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will host a two-day conference December 9-10 called "Mortgage Foreclosure Policy:‚  Past Present and Future."

Alyssa Miserendino knows a side of the foreclosure crisis few of us ever see. The inside.

What does home mean to you? That's what the folks at Vocalo.org want to know; the WBEZ sister station will be talking about home all‚  month long, touching on everything from home repair to home cooking.

I've talked off and on over the years with Lyletta Robinson, whose nom de blog is "The Woodlawn Wonder." She's been blogging for years about her experiences as an urban pioneer buying a condo in Woodlawn, a neighborhood still trying to recover from white flight and gangs that took hold decades ago.

As Ashley Gross mentioned in an earlier post here on the Facing the Mortgage Crisis blog, the American Bankers' Association will kick soon kick off its annual meeting here in Chicago and a consortium of different organizations going by the moniker Showdown in Chicago plans to protest outside the mee

The American Bankers Association is holding its annual convention in Chicago starting on Monday. They'll talk about things like "Unwinding Government Intervention" and "Managing Liquidity in Troubled Times." Here's a list of their convention sessions.