【美国总统电台演讲】2013-05-11.docxVIP

WEEKLY?ADDRESS:?Growing?the?Housing?Market?andSupporting?our?Homeowners?WASHINGTON,?DC—?In?this?week’s?address,?President?Obama?said?seven?years?afterthe?real?estate?bubble?burst,?our?housing?market?is?healing.??The?administration’spolicies?have?helped?responsible?homeowners?save?money?on?their?mortgages?andstay?in?their?homes,?and?the?President’s?consumer?watchdog?agency?is?working?toprotect?consumers?from?being?taken?advantage?of?on?their?mortgages,?but?there?isstill?more?work?to?do.??The?President?urges?Congress?to?quickly?confirm?Mel?Watt?tolead?the?Federal?Housing?Finance?Agency,?and?take?action?to?give?every?responsiblehomeowner?the?chance?to?refinance?and?save?money?on?their?mortgage,?so?that?wecan?keep?growing?the?housing?market,?support?working?families,?and?strengthen?theeconomy.?Remarks?of?President?Barack?Obama?Weekly?AddressThe?White?HouseMAY?11, 2013Hi,?everybody.?Our?top?priority?as?a?nation?is?reigniting?the?true?engine?of?our?economic?growth?–a?rising,?thriving?middle?class.?And?few?things?define?what?it?is?to?be?middle?class?in?America?morethan?owning?your?own?cornerstone?of?the?American?Dream:?a?home.Today,?seven?years?after?the?real?estate?bubble?burst,?triggering?the?worst?economic?crisis?sincethe?Great?Depression?and?costing?millions?of?responsible?Americans?their?jobs?and?their?homes,?ourhousing?market?is?healing.?Sales?are?up.?Foreclosures?are?down.?Construction?is?expanding.?Andthanks?to?rising?home?prices?over?the?past?year, 1.7?million?more?American?families?have?been?ableto?come?up?for?air,?because?they’re?no?longer?underwater?on?their?mortgages.From?the?day?I?took?office,?I’ve?made?it?a?priority?to?help?responsible?homeowners?and?prevent?thekind?of?recklessness?that?helped?cause?this?crisis?in?the?first?place.My?housing?plan?has?already?helped?more?than?two?million?people?refinance?their?mortgages,?andthey’re?saving?an?average?of?$3000?per?year.My?new?consumer?watchdog?agency?is?moving?forward?on?protections?like?a?simpler,?shortermortga