People’s Hearing to Demand That Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Stop Foreclosures and Evictions – May 20, 4 PM

May 112013
 

Fannie-Mae-People's-Hearing 5-20-13

The Feds are coming!

Help us tell them to Stop Foreclosures

At the People’s Hearing Monday, May 20, 4-6 PM

Join us May 20 at UAW Local 600 Hall
10550 Dix Ave. at Wyoming in Dearborn

See map

During the bank crisis, the U.S. government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two failing companies that insure and buy mortgages from banks. Since then Fannie and Freddie have been relentlessly evicting families who have trouble paying inflated mortgages. The Feds don’t even grant a hearing to homeowners who want to stop unjust foreclosures and save their homes!

When Fannie Mae/ Freddid Mac officials come to town May 20, help us give them the message loud and clear that this devastation of our communities must stop, and homeowners deserve justice and real relief. It’s also not to late to sign — and circulate — the petition we will present them.

Download flyer announcement in English and in Spanish.

Co-Sponsored by the UAW, Detroit Eviction Defense, and the Metro AFL-CIO

For details and information, go to detroitevictiondefense.net or call Local 600 at 313-429-5009

Ask friends, neighbors & co-workers to sign this petition

Download petition (legal size)
Petition on letter-size paper    .    Flyer explains why petition matters

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Hurricane Fannie Mae

May 132013
 

Preview of May 20 People’s Hearing
If you want to get an idea of the kinds of testimony we’ll present to the delegation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the May 20 People’s Hearing, check out the YouTube video at the link below, “Hurricane Fannie Mae.” Its not just 30 minutes of talking heads– it moves along with graphics, video, photos and stories of the foreclosure crisis in Detroit, featuring people’s resistance. “Like” it if you’re inspired.

The Hearing on May 20 will widen the scope of testimony with more homeowners as well as neighborhood and community representatives. There is a flyer attached with details of time and place (4-6 pm, UAW Local 600 in Dearborn, 10550 Dix Ave at Wyoming), and contact information. Join us!

Hurricane Fannie Mae – YouTube

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Occupy the Murray Home in Coldwater, MI – Sat., May 11, 8 am

May 092013
 

Bank-of-America-steals-homesRESIST THE MURRAY FAMILY EVICTION

Go to Coldwater, MI, on Saturday, May 11.   Be there by 8 AM

The Murrays have been notified by the  county sheriff that the eviction is scheduled for Saturday morning, May 11.

Supporters from Occupy Kalamazoo urge anyone and everyone to be at the Murray home on Saturday to resist the planned eviction.

The Murrays home address is 733 Blackfoot Ct., Coldwater, MI 49036

Continue the phone campaign targeting the banksters at Bank of America:

BoA executive Diane Wagner, 312-952-1756

Office of the CEO & President for Mortgages:  1-877-877-2670

 

For more information, call 269-352-2246

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Picket Bank of America across the U.S. – May 8

May 072013
 

 On May 8, demand that Bank of America STOP ALL FORECLOSURES AND EVICTIONS.

In Kalamazoo, which is near Coldwater, MI, where the Murray home is located, there will be a picket at 200 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo at 3 pm.

For other cities: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyUpdates/events

Tomorrow, Wednseday, May 8, on the day of coordinated pickets against Bank of America in at least30 cities, please post the following to Bank of America’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.co m/BankofAmerica.  They will remove it, so check back and repost as you’re able.

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After paying over 43k in escrow payments over a two year period and sending the Murrays numerous letters expressing their desire to provide them a “work out”, BoA instead has proven, not surprisingly, disingenuous in it’s advances and is evicting the Murrays this week. Please help them keep their home by calling the Office of the President and CEO at:704-386-5687 and demanding their eviction be stopped and that they be granted a fair modification. Refer to loan #023732976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3roMUPIYz3A
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The eviction of the Murray family is scheduled for Saturday, May 11.Please call Bank of America executive  Diane Wagner on her cell :312-952-1756.

Bank vs America-May 08

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Update on the Murrays – more work to do

May 052013
 

Murray memeThe Murrays have a short reprieve from their eviction due to backlog. They need your help in staying their eviction, which if not stopped will be conducted this week. We are asking you to do 3 things:

#1
Please copy the letter below and email to diane.wagner@bankofamerica.com and
Brian.t.moynihan@bankofamerica.com

Als0 post a copy to the Bank of America Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/BankofAmerica

WE ARE WRITING REGARDING THE EMINENT EVICTION OF BEVERLY AND MATTHEW MURRAY OF COLDWATER, MICHIGAN, LOAN # 23723976, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS WEEK UNLESS BANK OF AMERICA STOPS PLAYING GAMES WITH THEIR LIVES AND ORDERS IT STOPPED!!! Continue reading »

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Detroit’s Economic Crisis and the Role of the Banks: Part of a Global Crisis

May 052013
 

person pilloried by dollar signNote: The following address was delivered at a public meeting organized by the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shut-offs on the role of the banks in the financial ruin of the city of Detroit. The event was held at the Central United Methodist Church on May 4, 2013. This gathering was co-chaired by Debbie Johnson and Andrea Egypt of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition.

Since late March the city of Detroit has been under a so-called “financial emergency” where right-wing multi-millionaire Gov. Rick Snyder designated Kevyn Orr, a bankers’ agent, to head this municipality in total contravention of the political will of people not only here but around the state. When the announcement of emergency management was made, the corporate media never bothered to mention that a large majority of people within Michigan had just voted against Proposal II which would have changed the constitution to ensure payments to the banks irrespective of the interests of the people of this area.

Public Act 436 is nothing but a legislative and executive mechanism to further impoverish, exploit, oppress and repress the people of Detroit and Michigan. There is nothing good in this new law, which was passed illegally as an appropriation’s bill so it cannot be overthrown through referendum, it will only result in even more damage being done to the city and the state of Michigan. Continue reading »

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Privatizing Detroit: Residents Evicted and Displaced by Corporate Interests

Apr 302013
 

Abandoned House
By Abayomi Azikiwe,  Pan-African News Wire, Global Research, April 30, 2013

A new push is being made by corporations and banks in Detroit to drive even more working class, poor and nationally oppressed people out of the city. This fact is being illustrated by recent developments in the downtown area and its environs where low-income people are being forced to move from several apartment buildings.

In the Cass Corridor, a heavily depressed area that has been neglected by the City government and the business magnates for years is now the apparent focus for the construction of a new sports stadium. The owners of the Detroit Red Wings may be attempting to take control of sections of the Corridor in order to either gentrify the district or engage in “developments” that will not benefit the interests of the current residents.

Residents in three apartment buildings on Henry Street between Cass and Second Avenues received a hand written notice on April 20 saying that they had to move out within thirty days. Another document which appeared to be a “Notice to Quit” was also handed over to the residents. Continue reading »

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THE PERFECT CRIME? – Stop the Murray Eviction Now!

Apr 302013
 

Loan number: 023732976

Murray memeCall and email these people right away and  often.  Demand that the eviction be stopped and that Bank of America modify  the loan by reducing the principal to current market value.  Refer to the Murray’s loan number: 023732976.

Sign the petition to stop the Murray family eviction.

Blockade the Murray home, May 3, 11 AM:

Facebook-Event

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4 Victories for Homeowners & Detroit Eviction Defense

Apr 292013
 
Urealdene Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Valdez, and Kyley Givens.

Urealdene Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Valdez, and Kyley Givens, proudly holding titles to their homes which they obtained after waging struggles against unjust tax foreclosures of their homes.

by Steve Babson, April 28, 2013

A great week for Detroit Eviction Defense!

At our regular meeting at the Metro AFL-CIO, we celebrated the success of three homeowners who defended their homes against foreclosure and eviction. The following day, a fourth homeowner won back her home after a long campaign of legal and direct action.

Three of the homeowners–  Urealdene Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Valdez, and Kyley Givens– were resisting eviction by investors who bought the homes out from under them at tax foreclosure. The photo by Terry Hall (link below) shows the happy homeowners at our Thursday meeting with the deeds to their homes. On Friday, the Freddie Mac trust that owned Alma Counts’ mortgage agreed to sell her back her home for market value.

These happy outcomes were the result of collective action by homeowners, neighbors and activists. Sometimes we picketed the bank or the realty company, sometimes we rallied at the home and canvassed the neighborhood, sometimes we packed the courtroom at eviction hearings, sometimes we raised money at neighborhood fundraisers. We pressured investors and Freddie Mac to sell back these homes at something close to cost or market value, and then United Community Housing Coalition helped close the deal in several cases by providing no-interest micro loans. Hats off also to attorneys Vanessa Fluker and Bob Day.

We can win these skirmishes, but we have to confront the larger arena in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to foreclose on thousands of hard-pressed homeowners, refusing to reduce mortgage principal on underwater loans to keep people in their homes. We can start to address these issues at the Peoples’ Hearing on May 20 (flyer attached).

The photo on Terry Hall’s blog:
http://occupieddetroitfreepress.org/detroit-eviction-defense-home-owners-fight-and-win/

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