Latest Fact-Checks In Housing

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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.
Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 24, 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
Theresa Price
Theresa Price
stated on December 10, 2011 a speech during a rally on homelessness
"Rhode Island is leading our nation in foreclosures."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 20, 2011
Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes
stated on November 2, 2011 a guest column
Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’
Mostly True
By Janie Har • November 18, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on October 29, 2011 speech at Florida Democratic Party 2011 Convention
"Today 46 percent of all Floridians owe more on their home than it is worth."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • November 8, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 19, 2011 a press release
"The average homeowner spends more than $2,000 each year on energy costs – more than on either real estate taxes or homeowners insurance."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • November 7, 2011
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
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on October 24, 2011 an opinion column
"The collective net worth of Americans has taken a $5.5 trillion hit ... mainly due to plummeting home values."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • November 1, 2011
Brad Avakian
Brad Avakian
stated on September 12, 2011 a radio interview
Says "We do about 300 investigations a year into housing discrimination and in recent years have put about $150,000 of damages into the pockets of individuals who have been treated unfairly."
False
By Janie Har • September 20, 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
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on September 6, 2011 a speech in Lower Manhattan
"Over the past 10 years, the number of people living in Lower Manhattan has nearly doubled. In fact, Lower Manhattan has added more people over the last 10 years than Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia combined."
True
By Bill Wichert • September 11, 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
Thaddeus McCotter
Thaddeus McCotter
stated on August 16, 2011 an op-ed in the "National Review"
"When lenders foreclose on homes, they typically suffer losses that exceed 30 percent of the value of the home."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 23, 2011
Gary Schaer
Gary Schaer
stated on August 17, 2011 a press release
"Hair stylists are required to undergo more government scrutiny than foreclosure consultants."
True
By Bill Wichert • August 21, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 13, 2011 at a meeting arranged by the Small Business Caucus at the Kimball Jenkins House in Concord, N.H.
Says the new Dodd-Frank financial law requires a 20 percent down payment to buy a house.
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 16, 2011 a Tallahassee press conference
"Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 21, 2011
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on May 18, 2011 a City Council meeting
The city’s 30 percent set aside for affordable housing in urban renewal areas is calculated citywide -- not district by district
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • June 2, 2011
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 31, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Ninety percent of Texans say they do not want the nursing homes to close. It polls higher than anything else."
Mostly True
April 2, 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
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