No its your responsibility to understand the contract you sign. If you dont get a lawyer to tell you. People should know if you make 2500 a month you cant afford a 1700 mortgage. Its basic finance that these people never learned. Your mortgage should be no more than 1 weeks pay. Its the.peoples fault. The banks didnt care as they had collateral. Its only the fault of the.person. They need to own up to fucking up and gtfo.