Housing costs punish family budgets - USATODAY.com

When you increase fixed costs (be they debt, taxes, or whatever) you increase risk since a very minor slowdown is so magnified (rememebr debt makes good times great, bad times horrible).Thus, this USATODAY article is a partial (and obviously after the fact) look at what is causing so many problems in the sub prime mortgage markets.Housing costs punish family budgets - USATODAY.com: "For some, the