The Department of Housing and Urban Development funds hundreds, if not thousands, of these groups across the country. In October, HUD announced more than $44 million in new housing counseling grants to over 400 state and local efforts. The White House has increased funding for housing counseling by 150 percent since taking office in 2001.

Here’s a list (PDF) of national, regional, state, and local housing counseling grantees for fiscal year 2007–all of whom presumably were in operation when subprime borrowers got into the current mess. Among the major recipients:

*The AARP scored nearly $400,000 for training.

*The National Council of La Raza scooped up more than $1.3 million.

*The National Urban League raked in nearly $1 million.

*ACORN Housing Corporation received more than $1.6 million.

Lee ADDS: Ask yourself, ‘How many homes could have been PAID OFF if there were NO GIFTS to these POLITICAL CONTRIBUTORS of the Democrats?’ The shame is that OUR TAX dollars are being used to KEEO THIEVES in OFFICE!