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The Federal Government Failed Homeowners. How Much Blame Does Julián Castro Deserve?
Shortly after releasing its September 2014 report, the Center for Popular Democracy and allied organizations staged protests outside HUD offices in 10 cities demanding an end to DASP. About a year later, in September 2015, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a persistent Wall Street critic now competing with Castro for the Democratic presidential nomination, lent her voice to the movement, calling for significant reforms to DASP and similar practices by the government-sponsored lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.