City offers funds for home improvements: Recipients must meet income - Herald & Review
DECATUR - Help is available for homeowners looking to improve their properties. The city of Decatur offers funds for a number of projects - to improve accessibility for the disabled, to bring a roof up to city code, to make repairs for life

Enjoy Up North — and your sweats - Detroit Free Press
It’s Memorial Day, the day really rich people — I’m talking the filthy rich who can afford a tank of gas without taking out a second mortgage — are gonna spend the day driving back from Up North. Back in the old days, when normal people could

Lenders try to help homeowners in trouble but is it too little, too - Orange County Register
Banks are helping a broader array of homeowners struggling with their loan payments, but the sheer number of bad loans is overshadowing their efforts. Experts say lenders and loan servicers are now willing to work with financially strapped borrowers

Independent Investor: Running on empty - Independent News Online
complained and commiserated over the coming $4/gallon gas price. We both agreed that the McCain/Clinton proposals to cut gas taxes during this summer’s driving season were not going to cut it long term, nor was a temporary suspension of stockpiling

Family of serial predator suspect in shock - East Valley Tribune
Trent Benson s arrest on accusations he is a serial predator who raped four women and strangled two of them has left his family in as much shock as his neighbors and acquaintances. Merchelle Tohonnie, the mother of his 7-year-old son, said Thursday

Reverse mortgages can help senior homeowners - Kansas City Star
Much has been written about the millions of American families caught in the devastating whirlpool of subprime lending practices. Often overlooked is the fact that many of those victims are in their 60s, 70s and even 80s senior citizens faced with