I checked HUD and Census and nothing really there other than overall ownership rates by race. It was something like 46% or something amongst Hispanics (44 million or so in the US legal and illegal).
A 2006 Article:
http://www.toprealtynews.com/realestatenews/residental_property/id_30896/
Michelle Malkin (I don't normally even read what she writes - this was just a relevant conversation on the subject):
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09242008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/illegal_aliens__the_mortgage_mess_130482.htm
I suppose if you extrapolate this data from Census on home ownership by race, and assume some percentage of those represented as hispanic or latino is illegal you could guestimate a number:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/annual07/ann07t20.html
Well, this sheds some light on the who and the how, but not necessarily how many:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immighome6-2008oct06,0,705991.story
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Many of the mortgages nationwide came out of a partnership between Citibank and Acorn Housing, a nonprofit group that helps the poor. Citibank said the taxpayer identification loans have some of the lowest delinquency rates among all affordable-lending programs.
Yo squirrel, I found some of your ACORNs, they are at CitiBank.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/2008 05:51PM by Registered Voter.