HUFFINGTON
07.15.12
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TWILIGHT IN THE SUNSHINE STATE
suffering severe asthma attacks.
They are making payments on a
trial loan modification that reduced mortgage payments to
$447 a month from $1,100. Their
monthly income is $760.
The Navarros rely on food
stamps and clothes from Goodwill, and keep the air conditioning
turned off during the day to save
money, even in the brutal summer
heat. Jose says he is in therapy for
depression. Alma is looking for a
job, but she doesn’t speak English
and prospects are bleak.
“We are just holding on,” Jose
says.
It is hard to overstate the degree to which the housing crisis
has wre 6