Shana & Matthew Onigman did everything in their power not to be a foreclosure  statistic. When they bought their fixer-upper home, they planned to slowly make repairs. Within weeks, they watched nearly everything fall apart - pipes burst, floorboards collapsed and termites poured into the kitchen. Friends and family recommended Shana and Matthew walk away. Instead, they've torn the house completely down and they are rebuilding on the same spot.

Also in this episode, Rik Palieri wrote to say: “I thought you might enjoy this story of how a chance meeting with Pete Seeger changed my life.”

Just before Shawn Howell went to Iraq, he and his wife felt ready to buy a bigger house for their family. But when Shawn came home, the interest cap went off and when his ARM, or adjustable rate mortgage, got 'adjusted', his payment increased. Even with Shawn working two jobs and his wife running a home business, they simply couldn't make the payments. To avoid eviction, Shawn and his family left right before the sheriff's sale. Now they're living in a small mobile home. Also on the show: why one man has been called anti-American, accused of being pro-terrorist, and damned to hell.

State agencies that administer unemployment benefits are struggling to keep up, and some are cutting off assistance. Paula Stein's last unemployment check came in January.

In the midst of a national housing crisis, Cassandra Brush recognizes what a privilege it is to live in her dream home. Cassandra and her husband, Dan, were determined to be homeowners without a mortgage. So the couple set out to build a house from scratch.