Thus far, no one in the Washington D.C. office has been let go—that is unless you count two people filmed in part of the scandalous video which led to Acorn's woes. They were fired in September, says Chadwick.

Acorn Housing advises homeowners on how to avoid foreclosure, and it also assists first-time buyers in navigating the home loan/home search process.

The organization is contemplating changing its name and possibly charging fees to people it advises or their lenders, according to the Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year, Congress, which provided 75 percent of Acorn's funding, cut off contributions to the group, at least temporarily. One would think, that this drop would signal the end for Acorn. But not so fast:

[Michael Shea, executive director of Acorn Housing] declines to say how much cash Acorn Housing holds but says he believes it can cut expenses enough to survive on a smaller scale until it can regain federal funding or find other sources of income. He says he is confident that an investigation being conducted by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, will show that Acorn Housing hasn't misused federal funds.

Acorn did stop doing intakes of new clients around October 1 though, according to Chadwick.

The original credit was set to expire on Nov. 30. Last week, we learned that the new version of the credit will extend to some current homeowners looking for their next purchase, and that it would apply to all contracts entered by the end of April, and closing before July 1 (via Wall Street Journal).

The proof is in the page-views: This brief little item I recently posted on the credit is the most popular post in the last month. Google delivered thousands of readers to my little online doorstep. The second place winner–"Florida Avenue Grilling," an article I worked on for weeks—drew half the viewers. Sigh.  So it goes.

You people want first-time homebuyer tax credit news, here you go! On Tuesday, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd announced that his renewal plan had enough backing in the Senate to pass. But he refused to disclose details about the new agreement, according to Reuters.

Cut to yesterday, and the Wall Street Journal fleshes out the story:

• "The agreement would extend the existing credit for first-time home buyers, worth up to $8,000, while offering a new credit of up to $6,500 for some existing homeowners."

• "The credit would be extended from its current expiration date of Dec. 1 to all contracts entered into by April 30, and closed before July 1."

• "It is expected that income limits on people claiming the credit would be increased to $125,000 for singles and $250,000 for couples, from the current $75,000 and $150,000, aides said. The credit phases out for people making more than those amounts."

Also, Reuters reported that the extension will be "final"—no extensions on extensions.