The Washington Times

Housing industry workers 
struggle to rebuild dream

Joseph Carr and his family know the ups and downs of the housing market well. They’ve lived it for the past five years.

Joe Carr helps his daughter Catalina, 5, with a computer game at their home in Downingtown, Pa., Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Carr and his wife Sofia were at one point unemployed at the same time. Sofia has returned to paralegal work and Joe has returned to work at the same construction company that laid him off recently. The home they own was a foreclosed property which they renovated and currently live in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Joe Carr helps his daughter Catalina, 5, with a computer game at their home in Downingtown, Pa., Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Carr and his wife Sofia were at one point unemployed at the same time. Sofia has returned to paralegal work and Joe has returned to work at the same construction company that laid him off recently. The home they own was a foreclosed property which they renovated and currently live in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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