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As Obama Unveils Foreclosure Plan, Activists Place Homeless in Vacant Homes

As Obama Unveils Foreclosure Plan, Activists Place Homeless in Vacant Homes

As President Obama is scheduled to announce his $50 billion foreclosure prevention plan today, we go to Minneapolis to speak with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. The group is taking matters into its own hands and finding housing for homeless people in foreclosed and vacant homes. We also speak to Dwayne Cunningham, a homeless man who recently moved into a vacant home. [includes rush transcript]

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