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The congressman who could become President Donald Trump’s recurring political nightmare has photos on his office walls of himself with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, pathbreaking boxer Muhammad Ali and civil rights activist Coretta Scott King.
Each were fighters of a sort, and Rep. Elijah Cummings says he is, too. The Baltimore Democrat’s battles usually involve pushing back as best he can on Trump administration policies and practices.
Washington, D.C. (October 26, 2015) – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings joined U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin and Congressmen C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and John P. Sarbanes (all D-Md.) to announce that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will rescind its plan to reduce rent subsidy levels for residents eligible for the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson region.
“Bridge Loans” allow quicker relief for homeowners who are both unemployed and “underwater.”
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, (MD-07) today wrote Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to encourage him to work with Treasury Secretary Geithner during the upcoming White House economic summit, to find new ways to deal with the staggering number of foreclosures in America.
Cummings Requests Stricter Scrutiny of FHA Investigation Criteria For Lending Institutions
Congressman’s request comes after FHA shut down a Baltimore area lending institution found to be charging minority customers excessive fees.
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December 9, 2009
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Cummings Pushes for Loans To Protect Americans In Danger of Foreclosure
Cummings Pushes for Loans To Protect Americans In Danger of Foreclosure
Bridge loans would enable thousands of American families to stay in their homes.