Brian Zumhagen
Brian Zumhagen has been a weekend anchor at WNYC since 2003. His career in journalism started in 1993, with an internship in the press office of the German Green Party’s parliamentary delegation. Brian went on to spend the rest of the ‘90s working as a reporter, producer, and fill-in anchor at NPR member station KQED in San Francisco. He’s returned to Germany several times over the years for reporting projects. Most recently, he won a grant from the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship to produce radio features for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before coming to WNYC, Brian was a frequent contributor to PRI’s The World. He reported for the program on 9/11 and served as the show’s United Nations correspondent during the run-up to the Iraq war. Brian lives in Queens with his wife and children.
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Dear Mr. Secretary Shaun Donovan,
I saw you on an “ABC” Special then on the Bill Mahar Show on March 9th. My name is Salvatore J. Costa, I’m a 100% Service Connected Disabled Combat Veteran of Vietnam.
My question to you sir is when wall st Bankers walked off with Billions of Dollars, why wasn’t anyone charged of any crime? Then the property values declined and many home owners as myself that mortgages were up to date are now “underwater”.
Also as others I have lost all my equity and I’ll never be able to own my home after 14 years of paying on time. So now I’m actually renting my home from the bank. I don’t even know if the bank owns the note on my home due to the selling of bundled mortgages. Why don’t the banks just adjust the mortgages to equal the real property market value? So good people don’t have to foreclose and can stay in their homes.
My mortgage is about 2 ½ times more than the property value. The banks were bailed out, how about the home owners that have paid their mortgages and are up to date, but is still underwater. Where is the justice for those who pay their bills?
Is there anything the department of housing and urban development can do to help me and others in the same situation? I’ve tried numerous avenues to try and rectify this situation with no results. I even tried a lawyer that ripped me off for $3,400.00. Wells Fargo holds my mortgage and they won’t even discuss any type of resolution. They basically dismissed me. It seems that our technology and greed has preceded our conmen sense.
I would gently appreciate any help toward a solution of my dilemma.
Thank you,
Sincerely
Salvatore J. Costa
03/19/2012
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