USA Today blasts reverse mortgages, industry fights back

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Last week, USA Today released a scathing investigative story that took aim at reverse mortgages, blasting lenders for targeting impoverished, elderly homeowners and leading a substantial number of them into foreclosure. Then, it followed it up with an even more damning op-ed by its Editorial Board. The National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association fought back with its own op-ed on the matter, calling out the publication for failing to tell the full story.