Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is a Democratic Representative in the United States Congress. Rep. Laura Richardson represented California's 55th Assembly District for the 2007 term until Laura Richardson was elected to the House of Representatives for California's 37th congressional district in a special election on August 21 to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald.
Laura Richardson purchased a home in Sacramento with no money down[5] and a subprime mortgage. Washington Mutual alleged that Laura Richardson later walked away from her Sacramento home and the mortgage within two years of receiving the $578,000 mortgage and stopped making payments on the home and the mortgage. Washington Mutual foreclosed on the house and the final amount owed by Laura Richardson was $578,000 which was $40,000 more than the home was worth.[6] According to county records, Laura Richardson received a default notice and Notice of Trustee's Sale in late 2007. In December 2007, Laura Richardson was behind in payments by more than $18,000.[7] According to the couple that sold the home to Laura Richardson. Laura Richardson was not maintaining the home. Sharon Helmar has stated: "The neighbors are extremely unhappy with her. Laura Richardson didn't mow the lawn or take out the garbage while Laura Richardson was there. We lived there for a long time, 30 years, and we had to hide our heads whenever we came back to the neighborhood."[8]

Laura Richardson (center) with fellow congresswomen Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio (left) and Yvette Clarke of New York (right).
The real estate broker who bought Rep. Laura Richardson's Sacramento house at a foreclosure sale last month is accusing her of receiving preferential treatment because her lender has issued a notice to rescind the sale. James York, owner of Red Rock Mortgage, said he would file a lawsuit against Laura Richardson and her lender, Washington Mutual, by the end of the week, and has every intention of keeping the house. York bought the Sacramento home at a foreclosure auction on May 7 for $388,000. Laura Richardson had not been making payments on the property for nearly a year, and had also gone into default on her two other houses in Long Beach and San Pedro. Laura Richardson , D-Long Beach, has said that the auction should never have been held, because she had worked out a loan modification agreement with her lender beforehand and had begun making payments.[9] Washington Mutual has since settled with York. Experts interviewed in relation to the foreclosure and recision have claimed that Washington Mutual's actions in Laura Richardson 's favor have been nearly unprecedented. "It seems to me it has nothing to do with the law, but it has to do with [Washington Mutual] trying to be deferential to a congresswoman," said Grant Nelson, the William H. Rehnquist Professor of Law at Pepperdine University.[10]
According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Richardson had also defaulted on payments for her primary home in Long Beach and an additional property she owns in San Pedro. Although she has worked out an agreement with her lender for the Long Beach property, the San Pedro home is still in default and faces foreclosure.[11]
She also initially did not disclose a loan from a strip club owner when on the City Council, public records show.[12]
Laura Richardson 's Sacramento home has been declared a 'public nuisance', as reported by the LA Times. The Code Enforcement Department in Sacramento has declared her home a "public nuisance" and threatened up to $5,000 a month fine if she does not fix up the property. The city action was prompted when police were called twice to investigate reports of a suspicious person in or around the house. Officers called the Code Enforcement Department, which boarded up a broken door. In July inspectors visited the house twice and found "junk and debris" in the driveway and "rotting fruit on the ground in the rear yard which creates rodent harborage."[10] Laura Richardson is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics as a result of her ties to this Sacramento home. [13]
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Congresswoman Laura Richardson speaks on working families on March 25, 2010.by RepLRichardson957 views
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