This isn't intended as an opinion post, nor is it intended to inform.  It's intended only to provoke thought and to draw attention to Gene Wunderlich's new group: Mortgage, Foreclosure & Elder Abuse Housing Fraud.

I plan on contributing a significant number of short posts featuring links to facts and opinions about mortgage fraud, foreclosure statistics, the housing meltdown, etc. that you won't find aggregated in any other place.

BusinessWeek had an article last week that bashed the Clinton administration for abusing public policy, visa vie HUD, to intentionally inflate domestic housing statistics.

It's an interesting perspective when you think about it.  We know that the housing mess had it ugly origins in the mid 1990's.  It's also safe to assume that failed public policy somehow initiated the mad rush to make every American a homeowner regardless of qualification or sustainability.

The article offers a plausible explanation that's not easy to discredit.