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Blaming Latinos for housing crisis
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Friday, January 16, 2009 1:38 AM EST
By JOSE DE LA ISLA
Commentary

A Jan. 5 Wall Street Journal story by Susan Schmidt and Maurice Tamman mugged some Latino leaders connected with housing advocacy.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members and CHC’s separate but closely allied nonprofit public policy institute came under close scrutiny for the appearance of an overly close association with troubled mortgage lenders. The Journal article said congressional representatives and the policy institute received contributions for dubious purposes.

Schmidt and Tamman asserted Congressional Hispanic Caucus members “received donations from the lending industry and saw their constituents moving into new homes, pushed for eased lending standards, which led to problems.â€