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The renters' end of the housing crisis

In the latest edition of our Housing Madness series, we look at a group of people who never even took out a subprime loan -- or any loan for that matter. Steve Tripoli explores the story from the renters' perspective.

Competing For Sale and For Rent signs hang in the front of new townhomes in Centerville, Virginia. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

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