From the nctimes.com: For crimes associated with trashing their foreclosed Winchester home, a former San Diego police officer and his wife each received a sentence of 270 days in jail and five years on probation. In rendering the sentence, Judge Mark Mandio at the...
A few more of these stories and people are going to take it to the streets. From Reuters: Remember Jackie Ramos? She caused a huge stir by going public, on YouTube, with her story of working for Bank of America, which fired her for allowing customers to pay off their...
From the nypost.com: They’re occupying his home. Occupy Wall Street protesters announced with great fanfare last month that they moved a homeless family into a “foreclosed” Brooklyn home — even though they knew the house belonged to a struggling single father...
Hat tip to daytrip for sending this along: SAN FRANCISCO – It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves “the wild old women” succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights...
From cnnmoney.com (seen at CR): NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Delinquent borrowers facing foreclosure are learning that they can stay in their homes for years, as long as they're willing to put up a fight. Among the tactics: Challenging the bank's actions, waiting to file...
Hat tip to jpinpb for sending this along, from msnbc.com: ‘Occupy’ protesters and housing rights activists are planning to help families resist eviction from foreclosed homes and take control of vacant properties in some 25 U.S. cities on Tuesday, an effort aimed at...
Hat tip to jpinpb for sending this in, from Salon.com: Occupy Wall Street is promising a “big day of action” on Dec. 6th that will focus on the foreclosure crisis and protest “fraudulent lending practices,” “corrupt securitization,” and illegal evictions by banks. The...
We're probably too far down the 'extend-and-pretend' road for protests to cause a change in course - but it's good to see citizens expressing their rights, at least for 55 seconds:
From msnbc.com: One Baltimore homeowner has found a way to make her message resonate across the nation, and also get her into the office of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Unlike many homeowners who are facing foreclosure, Lauren Rymer has been steadily employed...
Bruce Marks doesn't bother being diplomatic. A campaigner on behalf of homeowners facing foreclosure, he was on the phone one day in March to a loan executive at Bank of America Corp. "I'm tired of borrowers being screwed!" Mr. Marks yelled into the phone. "You're...
