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Used to help the housing crisis. there's still a few things that the treasury department could be doing according to this congressional over sight panel. jon: a friendly reminder from the irs, in case you forgot, tomorrow is the deadline to file your tax return. if that doesn't make your day, think about this. at least you're not going to a funeral. an insurance company survey finds 51 percent of americans consider funerals the least enjoyable activity. 23 percent say a visit to the dentist is worse. 21 percent put tax time and the filing deadline at the bottom of their list. 5 percent really ...

Jane: a watchdog group is criticizing the foreclosure program, the congressional oversight panel says it will only assist a quarter of the troubled homeowners it was targeted to help. janice will explain. >> reporter: the panel is basically saying the treasury department is simply lagging behind this crisis. think about this statistic, for every one family helped by this program last year, ten families lost their homes, so although we have seen the economy improve, this crisis is still very, very significant. take a look at these other numbers as well. for every homeowner that is 60 days or mo...

Usually last for at least 30 years. jane: jenna, why hasn't it worked, bottom line? >> there are a few different reasons and just some context if we can show you what mortgage delinquencies looked like over the last ten years. they've certainly spiked and that has to do with a lot of things that have to do with the general economy. it's going to take more than one program by the treasury to fix this issue. here's what panel has to say. they say the treasury's timeliness is simply off. there have been too many programs, they've been too confusing, the programs come too late and lenders might be...