Mortgage Relief Plan Is Closer to Winning Support of California - NYTimes.com

The settlement would require banks to provide billions of dollars in aid to homeowners who have lost their homes to foreclosure or who are still at risk, after years of failed attempts by the White House and other government officials to alter the behavior of the biggest banks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/business/mortgage-relief-plan-is-closer-to-winning-support-of-2-key-states.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2