When the house is burning down, step one is to get out.  Then you worry about putting out the fire, cleaning up, and figuring out what happened.  In many ways the mortgage meltdown is still a house on fire, but Citizen Carrie of Carrie’s Nation would like to get a checklist to the arson investigators.

Specifically, Carrie would like to get beyond the sad anecdotes and the finger-pointing.  She has some survey questions for researchers to ask people who have lost their homes.  College students in need of a research topic may consider this list a gift.  I will echo Carrie’s request that if this study actually exists, please send it her direction.  I’ll update this post as needed.