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An Eyewitness News and California Watch investigation found that families across California were being sued after they lost their homes to foreclosure.

Mina Shahab lives in a cramped apartment in Woodland Hills. She shares it with her brother who is stricken with cancer. A few years ago, she took out two loans and bought a spacious four-bedroom home in Northridge.

It was the American dream for the native of Iran who came here looking for freedom. But she lost her job, and then lost her home to foreclosure.

“I love this country, and seeing this happen to its citizens is very painful,” she said.

[ABC]