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States raid the $25 billion mortgage foreclosure settlement.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan promised that when 49 states squeezed $25 billion out of the nation's five largest banks in February, the money would be used to "provide immediate relief to homeowners." Now comes the rest of the story.

A report released Thursday by Enterprise Community Partners, a housing nonprofit, examined the share of the settlement that was granted to the states—some $2.5 billon. The ...

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