WASHINGTON — After inheriting the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, President Obama poured vast amounts of money into efforts to stabilize the financial system, rescue the auto industry and revive the economy. Multimedia Graphic What Happened to Homeowners Seeking Help Related Times Topic: Housing Enlarge This Image Jonathan Ernst/Reuters James Lockhart, then a federal housing official, and Lawrence Summers, right, in 2009. But he tried to finesse the cleanup of the housing crash, rejecting unpopular proposals for a broad bailout of homeowners facing foreclosure in favor of a limited aid program — and a bet that a recovering economy would take care of the rest....
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