The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
The bank's employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure.
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Homeowners Jailed, Protesters Brutally Tased at DOJ Demonstrations
A two-day long housing protest outside the Department of Justice this week has resulted in nearly 30 arrests and several instances of law enforcement unnecessarily using tasers on activists.
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New York to Sue Bank of America, Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Abuse
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Monday he plans to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for violating the terms of a $25 billion settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses.
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Bank Zombie Titles Are Soaring, Hurting Communities and Borrowers
The perverse phenomenon known as “zombie title" — where servicers initiate a foreclosure, evict the borrowers, but then fail to take title to the house — is an abuse that is skyrocketing.
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Revealed: Checks From Banks To Struggling Homeowners Bounce
Some $3.6 billion was to be issued to about 1.4 million homeowners wrongfully evicted from their homes. But when people went to cash their settlement checks last week, the checks bounced because of insufficient funds by the banks.
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A How-To Guide for Foreclosure Defense
The direct action work of defending against a foreclosure is a political statement, where the collective strength of the community has the ability to preserve someone’s material needs.
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Housing Victories, from Atlanta to Detroit to Minneapolis
Homeowners recently got a reprieve in three separate cities thanks to support from their communities that helped them stave off evictions.
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Report Misses How Regulators Conspired with Banks Against Homeowners
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, tasked with carrying out a high level review of the big banks' illegal foreclosure process, has released a report that fails to reach meaningful conclusions.
