Occupy Homes found it could fight foreclosure for homeowners in the court of public opinion with the help of social media and legacy media. That inspired more homeowners to fight back against the banks and lenders. Continue Reading →
Occupy’s message catapulted issues of economic justice and fairness into the forefront of the political conversation, and they remain prescient today as a presidential election looms just weeks away. Continue Reading →
Occupy Homes activists celebrated two more victories and a conference that took place in Minneapolis recently. Continue Reading →
After a three-year foreclosure fight and an investigation by the Minnesota Attorney General, Frank Clark and Kristina Darrington will keep their home. Continue Reading →
Ruby Brown, a North Minneapolis hairdresser and pillar of her church community, won a renegotiated mortgage from Bank of America this week — just days before her home was to be auctioned off in a sheriff’s sale. Continue Reading →
“I haven’t been homeless in over 14 years, and now we’re looking at being homeless again,” said Frank Clark, a union laborer who, together with his wife Christina, face eviction from their Coon Rapids home. Continue Reading →
Embattled homeowner Monique White took one more step Friday toward what could become an improbable victory that would let her stay in her North Minneapolis home. Judge Mark Labine will decide on Monday whether White will get a jury trial in District Court. Continue Reading →
Documents presented to The UpTake today show that Freddie Mac is foreclosing on North Minneapolis homeowner Monique White’s home, not US Bank as Occupy Minnesota activists had claimed. Continue Reading →
The federal government and 49 state attorneys general have reached a landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuses. Continue Reading →
On a bone-chilling cold day in Minneapolis, over a hundred activists from NOC and Occupy MN rallied in front of Bobby Hull’s home in South Minneapolis, which Bank of America foreclosed on. Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, Occupy MN will occupy their third foreclosed home in Minneapolis. This time the activist group will come to the aid of Bobby Hull, a Vietnam veteran with the Marine Corp., who first began living in his South Minneapolis home when his mother bought it in 1968. Continue Reading →
Rallies were held in cities all over the country during Tax Day, yesterday, to protest the fact that many large corporations pay no taxes, and even get huge tax rebates. Continue Reading →
