Foreclosure Resistance Update from MN PPEHRC
Barbara Byrd is a 50 year-old African American working woman who is fighting eviction. Her duplex in Brooklyn Park was financed through EMC. The Bear Stearns Companies, LLC and its subsidiary, EMC Mortgage Corporation, recently agreed to pay $28 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they engaged in unlawful "predatory lending" practices in servicing consumers’ home mortgage loans.
Barbara is to appear in Hennepin County district court tower, 300 South Sixth Street in Minneapolis, at 1:30 in Room 1453 on Monday to appeal her eviction. In March of 2009, after Barbara had lost her tenant and fallen behind in her payments, EMC made notary date-errors in the foreclosure documentation. During her June eviction hearing in housing court, the judge had assured her that she should not have to move. Still a 24-hour eviction was posted on her door July 6th, and Barbara spent sleepless nights in fear of being thrown out.
Please join us in court to support Barbara's courageous stand against predatory lending. She has been receiving counseling and legal support through Jewish Community Action. On a personal note, yet another bank repossessed her car last week even though she had been trying to make arrangements and was only eight payments away from paying off the loan. Two days later, to make matters even worse, she sprained her ankle and now has been commuting by bus on crutches. This is late-notice so spread the word!
ps: This just in-at 1pm today the realtor visited Barbara's home, asking "Are you still here? We're installing a lockbox on the 28th." To which Barbara replied, "I'll be in court on the 20th." The plot thickens.....
Ona Kingbird's fundraising dinner was well attended. The father of one of her former students approached her at the event. Out of gratitude for how she had influenced his son, offered to help her out with a housing possibility. The months race by. Her redemption period is over at the end of September.
Rosemary Williams continues to negotiate with GMAC and has two, possibly three options to consider for refinancing. Her People's Party on the 10th was great, and we enjoyed meeting many of you. We'll get fun-raising totals out in the next update.
Tecora Parks' loan documents are in the hands of a Housing Prevention Project specialist who is looking them over for glitches. Any such errors would strengthen their resolve to fight eviction in a situation already aggravated by Indy-Mac's illegal lockout in May. A lawyer is still needed. The Parks' redemption period ends in November.
National Night Out Tuesday, August 4th, 6-10pm
If you are not attending a block party in your own neighborhood, why not join in one of ours, or visit them all? We're sponsoring one on Rosemary's Clinton Avenue, blocked off between 31st and 32nd Streets. Our other gathering will be on the grassway a few houses north of Leslie's building (at 38th and Park). We will congregate off E.37th Street where it intersects with Park in the green space between Park and Columbus Avenues. The focus besides eating and meeting with neighbors will be...guess what? Housing issues. Watch for flyers.
That’s about it for now-thank you!
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