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Latest Fact-Checks In Housing

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Bill Foster
stated on September 10, 2013 in a mayoral forum:
“Tampa got more (federal housing) money because they scored higher on the blight scoring system, so they’ve got a much bigger problem than we do.”
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • September 18, 2013
Mitt Romney
stated on September 7, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Obama, home values in Florida collapsed, construction jobs were lost and the state had a high foreclosure rate.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • September 14, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:
“In 2006, I went out and authored a letter with 24 other senators asking for major reform of Freddie and Fannie, warning of a meltdown and a bubble in the housing market.”
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 27, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:
Florida’s economy “became a bad economy … because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008.”
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012
Boyd Richie
stated on June 16, 2010 in an e-mail:
Says Rep. Ken Legler “voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes.”
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2010
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene “is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now.”
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2010
John McCain
stated on September 16, 2008 in an interview on CNN's "American Morning":
“I said two years ago that the Fannie and Freddie thing was a very serious problem and we had to work on it.”
Mostly False
By Adriel Bettelheim • September 17, 2008
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