The recession that cut California deeply isn’t fully forgotten

Thousands upon thousands of homes fell into foreclosure during the Great Recession after buyers signed loans they couldn’t afford.(Michael Goulding, The Orange County Register)
In this photograph taken Feb. 23, 2009, a foreclosure sign blows in the wind in front of a home under foreclosure in Antioch, Calif. More than 1.5 million older Americans lost their homes, with millions more at risk as the national housing crisis took its toll on those who are among the worst positioned to weather t