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For Some Elderly Americans, Mortgage Rules Herald Harder Struggle
Reuters, Oct. 2, 2017–Melissa Fares
Since emerging in 1990, more than a million seniors have taken out reverse mortgages, according to the HUD, making them a popular but risky lifeline for asset-rich, cash-poor elderly Americans.