Kucinich, LaTourette, 11 Other Members of Ohio Delegation Demand Foreclosure Relief

Washington, DC – March 1, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Steven LaTourette (R-OH), with 11 other Members of the Ohio delegation, have sent a letter to President Obama demanding that the administration reassess the criteria used to develop the $1.5 billion “innovation fund” to provide grants to “the states that are the hardest hit by this housing crisis.” 

The letter follows the exclusion of Ohio from the innovation fund and asks the President to reassess the criteria so that Ohio and similar states are eligible for the program.

“You cannot have a conversation about the foreclosure crisis in this country without including Ohio. Ohio had a foreclosure crisis long before the country did. The administration’s decision to exclude Ohio from this initiative simply fails to address the totality of the foreclosure crisis. On the heels of the HAMP program that has similarly failed to deliver relief to Ohioans, I cannot understand how the administration could make a mistake of this magnitude.  Our delegation has quickly organized to say with one voice, ‘This cannot stand,’” said Kucinich. 

“I don’t know how they hand-selected five states and overlooked Ohio.  It makes no sense,” said LaTourette.