Wells Fargo blamed for hampering California economy

via Carlos, Occupy Fights Foreclosures.

http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/03/12/wells-fargo-blamed-for-hampering-california-economy/

California is still struggling to get back on its feet after a devastating housing crisis. And Wells Fargo is partly to blame for the sluggish recovery because it is refusing to modify home loans, according to a coalition of homeowners groups.

By foreclosing on homeowners who can't make their payments, the San Francisco-based bank will suck billions of dollars out of the state's economy, according to the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, the Center for Popular Democracy and the Home Defenders League.

In a new report, the coalition charges that Wells Fargo has been less inclined to reduce the principle of home loans than have other banks, such as Bank of America.

Wells Fargo responded that it has a low foreclosure rate compared to the industry in general.

(More at the link.)