Living on Nothing but Food Stamps, The New York Times

January 10, 2010 in Recent News by Kiley Hernandez

By Jason Deparle & Robert M. Gebeloff
Saturday, January 2, 2010

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — After an improbable rise from the Bronx projects to a job selling Gulf Coast homes, Isabel Bermudez lost it all to an epic housing bust — the six-figure income, the house with the pool and the investment property. Read more…

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Living on Nothing but Food Stamps, The New York Times

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