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Chris Arnold

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
342 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

As Chris and Quill dug into this, they discovered that there were as many as 40,000 veterans now stuck, unable to get back onto that mortgage payment highway. 40,000 veterans that were on the path to losing their homes.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

As Chris and Quill dug into this, they discovered that there were as many as 40,000 veterans now stuck, unable to get back onto that mortgage payment highway. 40,000 veterans that were on the path to losing their homes.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

As Chris and Quill dug into this, they discovered that there were as many as 40,000 veterans now stuck, unable to get back onto that mortgage payment highway. 40,000 veterans that were on the path to losing their homes.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, again, the Queens were about to lose their house. They say it was scheduled for the next foreclosure auction. And this next part of the story, Chris and Quill are just sort of running between the Queens and the Department of Veterans Affairs, just trying to figure out why the VA blew up the on-ramp. And so they go to the VA and they ask, why did you do this?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, again, the Queens were about to lose their house. They say it was scheduled for the next foreclosure auction. And this next part of the story, Chris and Quill are just sort of running between the Queens and the Department of Veterans Affairs, just trying to figure out why the VA blew up the on-ramp. And so they go to the VA and they ask, why did you do this?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, again, the Queens were about to lose their house. They say it was scheduled for the next foreclosure auction. And this next part of the story, Chris and Quill are just sort of running between the Queens and the Department of Veterans Affairs, just trying to figure out why the VA blew up the on-ramp. And so they go to the VA and they ask, why did you do this?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Why did you blow up the one affordable option for veterans to start repaying their mortgage?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Why did you blow up the one affordable option for veterans to start repaying their mortgage?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Why did you blow up the one affordable option for veterans to start repaying their mortgage?

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, the VA did seem to know there was a problem, to be fair. They said that they were working on a new on-ramp, if you will, a new way for people to start repaying again by sort of resetting the mortgage to a super low interest rate. But... The VA admitted to Chris and Quill that whole thing wasn't going to be ready for months.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, the VA did seem to know there was a problem, to be fair. They said that they were working on a new on-ramp, if you will, a new way for people to start repaying again by sort of resetting the mortgage to a super low interest rate. But... The VA admitted to Chris and Quill that whole thing wasn't going to be ready for months.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Now, the VA did seem to know there was a problem, to be fair. They said that they were working on a new on-ramp, if you will, a new way for people to start repaying again by sort of resetting the mortgage to a super low interest rate. But... The VA admitted to Chris and Quill that whole thing wasn't going to be ready for months.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to Ray Queen, explain all of this. And Ray is like, well, if the fix is coming, don't foreclose on us. Like give the fire trucks time to show up.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to Ray Queen, explain all of this. And Ray is like, well, if the fix is coming, don't foreclose on us. Like give the fire trucks time to show up.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to Ray Queen, explain all of this. And Ray is like, well, if the fix is coming, don't foreclose on us. Like give the fire trucks time to show up.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to the VA, manage to get a sit-down interview with the person in charge of the VA loan program, John Bell, and just tell him what Ray said.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to the VA, manage to get a sit-down interview with the person in charge of the VA loan program, John Bell, and just tell him what Ray said.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

Chris and Quill go back to the VA, manage to get a sit-down interview with the person in charge of the VA loan program, John Bell, and just tell him what Ray said.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

In other words, still no help for Ray and Becky and any other veterans about to lose their houses. So this time, Chris goes to the airwaves.

Planet Money
The veteran loan calamity

In other words, still no help for Ray and Becky and any other veterans about to lose their houses. So this time, Chris goes to the airwaves.