Governor Charlie Crist announced a freeze on home foreclosures on Monday. But as Lynn Hatter reports, not every homeowner in distress will receive help.

Governor Charlie Crist says he’d like to put a moratorium on home foreclosures in Florida…giving troubled homeowners an additional 90 days to work out new deals with their banks. But one Florida economist says a foreclosure moratorium might actually hurt the real estate market more than it would help. David Pitman reports.

In light of current economic struggles and the international credit crunch Florida’s homebuilders say they don’t want a bailout…but a timeout. Trimmel Gomes has more.

Habitat for Humanity’s origins are seeded in Koinonia Farm near Americus, GA. It began in the 1940s as an interracial, Christian farming community. They built small, no-profit, no-interest homes for the people living within the community. Then in 1976 Millard and Linda Fullard formed Habitat for Humanity based on that model. And just recently the worldwide organization built its 300-thousandth house...in Collier County. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez was there and has this report.

Countrywide was slapped with a lawsuit right before it was bought by Bank of America. Now Bank of America has agreed to modify Countrywide’s sub-prime mortgages to help homeowners who are either at-risk of, or in foreclosure. Lynn Hatter reports.

As part of a lawsuit with eleven states including Florida, Countrywide will begin modifying sub-prime mortgages. As Lynn Hatter reports, Countrywide will begin granting some relief to some homeowners to try to keep them out of foreclosure.

Governor Charlie Crist signed an executive order Thursday allowing the sale of 571-million dollars in state-backed bonds to boost Florida's struggling housing market. Margie Menzel reports.

The Housing bill that passed Congress almost two months ago to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also provided financial aid to states to help curb foreclosures. The money has now been doled out- and Florida’s taken the biggest share. Lynn Hatter reports.

In the midst of a busy hurricane season researchers at several universities in Florida are aiming to find better methods and materials for hurricane resistant housing. Leah Fleming explains.

Collier County is temporarily suspending accepting new applications for housing down payment assistance. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.