The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.

The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.
Thousands of U.S. job-hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records, consumer advocates say in a new report.

The federal government is looking into allegations that mortgage lenders in the foreclosure crisis have been evicting homeowners using flawed court papers, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday.