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What Can You Buy For Having Your House Stolen? Alexis Goldstein Tells Chris Hayes

Miles Kampf-Lassin

A just-announced settlement from the U.S. Treasury Department is meant to compensate homeowners who faced wrongful foreclosure during the housing crisis. But the payout to these homeowners — many of whom had their homes taken without having ever missed a payment — amounts to paltry sums, generally $300-$500 per family. Activist Alexis Goldstein created a Tumblr of tongue-in-cheek suggestions for how homeowners can use these funds: For Having My House Stolen. Here, she talks about the site with Chris Hayes on MSNBC.

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Miles Kampf-Lassin is Senior Editor at In These Times. Follow him at @MilesKLassin

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