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Portland, Oreg\u00f3n \u2013 <\/strong>Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today visited the North Portland home of a family who is struggling to keep their home and unveiled his plan to address the ongoing foreclosure crisis and boost the nation’s troubled housing market.  A range of economists have concluded that repairing the housing market is critical to adding jobs and accelerating the slow recovery.<\/p>\n

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“We’re not going to see a true economic recovery until we do something about the broken housing market,” said Merkley.  “I met with Portland homeowners today who dealt with months of confusing instructions to get a mortgage modification, only to be told 10 months later they didn’t qualify and their home was facing foreclosure. My plan will put homeowners first and foreclosures last.” <\/p>\n

“I hope, as do all Americans, that the economy will improve; now more than ever the average American needs to know they are going to be protected when circumstances spiral out of their control,” said Connie Umphress, a local homeowner who is struggling to keep her home.  “This legislation will do both, help first time buyers with incentive to invest in their community and help homeowners with systems that they can trust for their financial security.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Merkley met with Portland homeowners today who have painfully struggled through the confusing mortgage modification process for over a year and are still waiting for a permanent loan modification.<\/p>\n

Over 300,000 foreclosures have been filed against American families each month for the past 20 months.  In the past year, nearly 28,000 Oregon families have been served with foreclosure filings.<\/p>\n

As the depressed housing market continues to hinder the nation’s economic recovery, Senator Merkley is proposing a six point plan to boost the housing market and stem the tide of foreclosures.  Merkley’s proposal would do the following:<\/p>\n