Newark Advances Eminent Domain Plan to Slow Foreclosures
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Newark, New Jersey’s most populous city, is moving forward with a plan that could use government power to seize underwater mortgages to help homeowners reduce debt and avoid foreclosure.
The Newark City Council voted unanimously yesterday to begin legal research toward a program of making market-value offers on the most toxic loans and reissuing them to homeowners at the lowered amount.