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Francesca Mari

Francesca Mari has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Cut, and Texas Monthly. (June 2020)

A deteriorating bank-owned house, Moreno Valley, California, August 2008

The Housing Vultures

The investors who exploited the 2008 financial crisis are dictating the bailout of this one.

Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream

by Aaron Glantz

June 11, 2020 issue

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