Eviction

'They Came To My Home Like I Was A Drug Dealer'

AlterNet | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Politics News, Foreclosure Crisis, Eviction, Occupy Wall Street, Mortgage Crisis, Foreclosure, Occupy Atlanta, Occupy Movement, Home Foreclosures, Politics News

Four generations of a Georgia family were evicted at gunpoint by dozens of sheriffs and deputies at 3am last week in an Atlanta suburb. The eyebrow-ra...

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Guards Brandishing Tasers Reportedly Evict Residents, Steal Naked Photos

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.03.2012

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Here's another reason not to leave naked pictures lying around. Private security guards toting tasers allegedly forced nine residents of a Sacrame...

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Anti-Foreclosure Activists Step Up Efforts At Detroit Conference

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Video, Foreclosure Crisis, Detroit Foreclosures, Obama Foreclosures, Eviction, Occupy Detroit, Moratorium Now, Detroit News, Homes Before Banks, Detroit Evictions, Anti-Eviction, Jerry Goldberg, Detroit News

A string of recent victories has emboldened activists working against foreclosures and evictions to step up their efforts both in Detroit and around t...

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Evicted 101-Year-Old Woman Finally Returns Home

AP | Posted 03.30.2012

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DETROIT -- A 101-year-old Detroit woman who was evicted from her foreclosed house is expected to move back home next week. Detroit Free Press columni...

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Homeless Mom Of 5 Goes From Streets To Preschool Classroom

Posted 05.11.2012

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Once homeless, a New Jersey mom of five now has quite a few lessons to teach her preschool students. After losing her job, Tracy Stapleton's life q...

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68-Year-Old Facing Eviction Fatally Shoot Himself, Wife

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.28.2012

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Millions of Americans are at risk of losing their homes to the foreclosure crisis, and sadly some would rather face death than eviction. Robert T....

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You'll Never Guess Why This Man May Be Facing Eviction

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.16.2012

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The reason a New Haven, Connecticut man faces eviction has nothing to do with payments. Instead, 25-year-old Joey Dibenedetto, who weighs around 6...

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Occupy Protesters Help Former Marine Save Foreclosed Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Occupy Minnesota, Hamp, Foreclosure Crisis, Video, Making Home Affordable, Monique White, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, Occupy Wall Street, Bobby-Hull, Eviction, Bank of America, Redemption Period, Foreclosure, Occupy Our Homes, Business News

Bobby Hull was supposed be thrown out of his house this month. Instead, thanks partly to Occupy Wall Street activists, he may get to stay. Last wee...

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Two Occupy DC Activists Remain Jailed After Police Clash

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON--Two members of Occupy DC will remain jailed until at least Thursday on charges they assaulted police officers during Saturday's clash with...

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"I Just Want a Job"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.04.2012

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Anyone who thinks welfare recipients do nothing but sit around and cash their checks isn't familiar with the schedules of Tiffany and many others like her.

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Family Fights Wells Fargo With Help From Occupy Fort Lauderdale

Posted 12.22.2011

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Tally one for the 99 percent. NBC Miami reports that Occupy Fort Lauderdale has been successful in thwarting the eviction of one Haitian family in Coc...

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Occupy Our Homes Wins Hearts Along A Brooklyn Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.12.2011

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Until three days ago, Teresa Bolton didn't consider herself part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Bolton is 55 and lives in East...

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Meltdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Poverty, Eviction, Real Estate Florida, Foreclosure, Florida, Foreclosure Prevention, Real Estate, Suburban Poverty, Foreclosure Florida, Housing Crisis, Housing Crisis Florida, Business News

CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- They sent her off with a lavish retirement party -- dinner and drinks at a local yacht club, overlooking the inky waters of the Ca...

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Far From Wall Street, Occupiers Find A New Focus

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.07.2011

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Since losing hold of Zuccotti Park skeptics have wondered how Occupy Wall Street would remain focused. On Tuesday, far from the skys...

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Occupy Our Homes

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 02.05.2012

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Home ownership has been one of the greatest pillars of the American Dream. Every day, people all over America take comfort in knowing that they have a place to call home. For many others however, that piece of security is out of reach.

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As Occupy Our Homes Begins, Take Back The Land Has Lessons For Home 'Liberators'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.06.2011

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MIAMI -- Two years ago the Ramos family moved into a small house in the Little Haiti neighborhood here. They did so without a title, a lease, or permi...

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Occupy Detroit Fights Foreclosure

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 12.19.2011

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As part of a countrywide day of action planned to combat foreclosure practices and home evictions, two Metro Detroit households will open their homes ...

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Florida's Forgotten Victims Of Foreclosure: Tenants

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Florida Legal Services, Eviction, Low-Income Housing, Foreclosure, Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, Housing Crisis, Multifamily Homes, Miami News

MIAMI -- Sergio Palacios doesn't have the typical South Florida foreclosure story. He doesn't live in a McMansion in some suburban subdivision. He ...

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Police Raid Occupy Philly Camp, Evict Protesters

AP | Posted 01.29.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — Police have begun arresting a group of roving marchers who left the Occupy Philadelphia encampment near City Hall after officers ...

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You Can't Evict a Movement: Occupy Wall Street Begins Occupy Your Block

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg | Posted 01.17.2012

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Somewhat serendipitously Occupy Wall Street kicked off its new campaign last weekend -- a few days before the eviction -- called Occupy Your Block.

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A Church Sanctuary For The Occupy Movement

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.17.2012

It's time to invite the Occupy Movement to church! And Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion. Have some of the young protesters -- the "99ers" as they're becoming known -- from this rapidly growing movement over for a big holiday dinner!

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Bloomberg's Media Plan for Occupy Eviction -- and His Failure

David Tereshchuk | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Media Spin, Zuccotti Park, Police, Book-Trashing, Media-Management, Michael Bloomberg, Eviction, Media News

There was a simple trick, as ever, to the timing. New York City's police sweep through the Occupy Wall Street encampment, cannily timed for 1:00 a.m., did successfully catch much of the media on their back foot (or even perhaps asleep).

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Occupy Wall Street Groups Protest Foreclosure, Try To Halt Evictions

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Occupy Minnesota, Video, Mortgage Modification, Eviction, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Cleveland, Foreclosure, Occupy Atlanta, Occupy Wall Street Foreclosure, Business News

Monique White of North Minneapolis has been hosting weekend barbecues for friends and family for years. On Sunday, her usual guest list of friends and...

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Navy Veteran Faces Eviction For Raising Flag

AP | Posted 01.03.2012

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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Edward Zivica, a 70-year-old who served in the Navy in the 1960s, faces a hard choice come Veterans Day next week: He can ob...

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Norristown, PA: Ex-Marine Protests Eviction With Three Hour Armed Standoff

norristown.patch.com | Posted 12.21.2011

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"I didn't want things to escalate the way they did, but I was hoping that I'd be able to get my voice out there." ...

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