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Foreclosure Prevention Act

September 4, 2008 - 2:44pm

Driehaus responds to foreclosure ad as ‘deceptive,’ challenges Chabot to debate the issue

By David DeWitt
Category: House, Local
Tags: Foreclosure, Ted Strickland, Foreclosure Prevention Act, Television Ad, Steve Chabot, Steve Driehaus, Deborah Pryce

State Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Price Hill) stood outside of a foreclosed home in his own neighborhood Thursday morning to fire back at U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) for an ad the Chabot campaign has begun airing that hits Driehaus on the foreclosure issue.

The Driehaus campaign pointed to his role on Gov. Ted Strickland's Foreclosure Prevention Task Force as evidence that Driehaus "has seen firsthand how foreclosed homes can have a tremendously negative impact on middle class families by dramatically lowering the value of neighboring homes, decreasing tax revenue for schools and municipal services and providing havens for crime."

"Congressman Steve Chabot has been absent for the 14 years he has been in Washington on not only the housing and foreclosure issue, but many others," Driehaus said. "Instead of launching deceptive attacks, our congressman should identify what he has actually done to help curb the housing crisis in the District.

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