also, a controversial idea for helping people buy houses around her but would it work? and do you think more teenagers are using marijuana these days, or fewer? the interesting answers we found. That's coming up next here o kiro 7 eyewitness news. Home builders have been battered by the downturn in the economy. Major home buier quadrant corporation says its business is down 50% from the peak and the company would like to see the government do more to reverse the trend. Quadrant's president told th mayor today that many home buyers need help with a down payment that could come in the form of a loan, a grant or tax cred. We need to find ways to get money in the hands of decent families, not subprime no income deceitful loans, but families to deserve it. Governor gregoire says there is very little the state can do about the mortgage prices, but she promises to take a list of suggestions back to Washington, d.c. Later this month. That'shen gregoire and others will meet with president obama to talk about economic recovery efforts. A new spokesperson for the southern California mother who gave birth to octuplets last month today said she is being deluged with business offers now. The mother and the eight babies are still hospitalized, but she has hired that spokesperson who says that the mother has been offered book deals, TV shows, and offers of interviews for pay. But that s hasn't decided what is next.
