Foreclosure

Macalester alumni protest college crackdown on students

By Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake

Macalester College students Leewana Thomas and Rebecca Hornstein thought they were inventing a new social activism tool when they and 20 of their friends blocked the entrance in late April to the Weyerhauser administration building, which includes school president Brian Rosenberg’s office.

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Push for anti-foreclosure legislation wins abbreviated homeowner "Bill of Rights"

By Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake

When the 2013 legislative session began, Minnesota anti-foreclosure groups and progressive lawmakers hoped to draft a powerful law that would hold banks and lenders accountable and enable homeowners to sue financial institutions if they misstepped. What they got was a watered-down bill that the banks approved after being deeply involved in the negotiating process.

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Prohibiting simultaneous foreclosure during loan modifications

By Susan Hegarty, Session Daily

Earlier this session, several homeowners told lawmakers how their mortgage lenders began to foreclose on their homes while processing a loan modification at the same time. Under a bill awaiting the governor’s action, that practice of “dual tracking” would be prohibited.

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WWJD: What would Jesus do about homeowners' rights? Local faith leaders still hope for legislative action

By Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake

Holy Week isn’t just a school holiday when kids color eggs and dress up like bunnies. For progressive faith leaders who represent the ISAIAH coalition of churches and social justice believers, remembering the passion, death and Resurrection of Christ is a sacred time, and an appropriate time to call out sin and to come to the aid of those in need.

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South Minneapolis grandmother spared eviction by Occupy campaign

By Mel Reeves, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Supporters rally outside Gayle Lindsey’s home; Below, Gayle Lindsey with megaphone (Photos by Chris Juhn)

After a public pressure campaign led by Occupy Homes MN ’s Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone, Gayle Lindsey, a nursing assistant and grandmother in South Minneapolis who was facing imminent eviction, has won an 11th-hour loan modification on her mortgage from M&T Bank. Lindsey bought the home in 2001 and was given an adjustable-rate loan that rose by a few hundred dollars last year.

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Minneapolis Homeownership and Banking Fair

04/27/2013 - 9:00am - 2:00pm

The Minnesota Homeownership Center and the City of Minneapolis will host the Minneapolis Homeownership and Banking Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thirteen arrested in anti-foreclosure protest at Wells Fargo

By Ed Felien, Southside Pride

(Photo by T.K.)

Thirteen people were peacefully arrested at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage on 26th Street Feb. 27 demanding turnover of vacant homes to community control and fair banking practices.

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E-DEMOCRACY | Neighbors take sides as squatters move into 3325 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: John Gall Date: Mar 09

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OUR STORIES | Two St. Paul foreclosures

By Sarah Knispel, TC Daily Planet

"The picture of foreclosure": a tree swing overlooks a recently-buldozed vacant lot.

“I get to sleep again, not worrying about the sheriff coming to the door to evict me,” Caylin Crawford said.

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Last rites in foreclosure fight? Minnesota Senate Dems block hearing on Homeowners' Bill of Rights

By Nick Coleman, The Uptake

This is not the way Minnesota housing rights activists thought it would turn out when Democrats regained control of the the State Legislature: Hopes for passing a Homeowners’ Bill of Rights to protect Minnesotans from needlessly losing their homes to foreclosure all but died Friday.

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