Bush Hoovervilles

  • The term Bush Hoovervilles refers to public land populated with former home owners living in mobile or make-shift housing as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.
  • Fast Facts:

    1. Also referred to as "Bushvilles"
    2. The term "Hoovervilles" refers to depression-era shanty towns that emerged during the Herbert Hoover presidency
    3. Franklin D. Roosevelt is credited with first using the term as a presidential campaign smear against Hoover
    4. Defenders of George W. Bush cite the seeds of the housing crisis were sown long before the his presidency

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