Hub residents have mixed reactions to the big mortgage settlement that may mean $318M for Massachusetts: "Melonie Griffiths, lead organizer with the Jamaica Plain housing nonprofit City Life/Vida Urbana, said she is pleased that lenders are agreeing to cut mortgage payments, but added that such measures alone will not be enough to repair the housing market. 'It is not half of what is needed to get the economy back on track,' Griffiths said." [Globe]
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