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stated on December 4, 2013 a meme on social media
"44% of homeless people are employed."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 10, 2013 an e-mailed campaign letter
Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 15, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 24, 2013 a news release
A Republican housing finance reform bill "would eliminate a person’s ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages."
Half-True
August 4, 2013
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 5, 2012 a convention speech
Mitt Romney said we should let foreclosures "hit the bottom."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • September 6, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral candidate debate
Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • May 1, 2012
Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland
stated on February 29, 2012 a congressional hearing
"There is not one single federal housing program yet that has not needed a bailout to survive."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 30, 2012
Doug Thomas
Doug Thomas
stated on February 11, 2012 an Oregonian article.
Says "there are homes for sale on and around (Oswego Lake) right now for under $150,000 that anyone is welcome to buy."
Half-True
By Ian K. Kullgren • February 17, 2012
Marcia Fudge
Marcia Fudge
stated on December 15, 2011 a speech in the House of Representatives
"More than a quarter of mortgage borrowers are underwater, and 11 percent of all homes are vacant."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • January 12, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 24, 2011 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney’s housing policy is, "Don’t try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 1, 2011
New Jersey Sierra Club
New Jersey Sierra Club
stated on September 6, 2011 a press release
Says New Jersey is "losing 50 football fields of open space to development every day and the more we develop upstream the more flooding we have downstream."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • September 19, 2011
Yolanda Adrean
Yolanda Adrean
stated on June 20, 2011 Website
"We [the city of Atlanta] are overbuilt on housing."
Half-True
By M.B. Pell • September 7, 2011
Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on July 3, 2011 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley"
Housing prices dropped for the 30 months prior to Barack Obama taking office, "and they have stabilized, they've been about flat since the president came in."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 6, 2011
Babur Lateef
Babur Lateef
stated on March 26, 2011 a YouTube video.
Since Corey Stewart became chairman in November 2006, unemployment is up 150% and average home price sales are down $150,000.
Half-True
By Jacob Geiger • March 30, 2011
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 12, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Barack Obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the United States."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2010 a debate
Of the more than 1.3 million temporary mortgage modifications, over half have defaulted.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2010
Mickie Williams
Mickie Williams
stated on September 7, 2010 a presentation
Clayton County has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2010
Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley
stated on August 12, 2010 a web ad.
"(Jeff) Atwater's bank was so weak that just a few months ago it was shut down by the FDIC."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 27, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on July 21, 2010 a campaign ad
"Harry Reid says he does more for Nevada. He's done more for unemployment. We were at 4.4 percent. Now we're at 14 percent. He's done more for the foreclosure rate. We have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation. He's done more for bankruptcy. We have the highest bankruptcy rate in the nation."
Half-True
By Erin Mershon • August 5, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a public debate in West Palm Beach
"My opponent here has accepted money from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae (and) hosted subprime mortgage seminars."  
Half-True
By Trenton Daniel • June 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 8, 2010 a TV advertisement.
"I vetoed more than $3 billion in spending. Lawmakers and I cut taxes for 40,000 small businesses. Now Texas is No. 1 in job creation. The nation’s five best housing markets are right here in Texas. We balanced five state budgets and we cut state spending."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 25, 2010
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