Posts Tagged ‘ Housing ’

Wells Fargo gets an angry May Day visit from homeowner advocates

May 2, 2013
By
05012013_Wells Fargo Demo (1) (1024x1023)

Upset with Wells Fargo’s foreclosure practices, protesters held a demonstration yesterday that briefly shut down one of the bank’s branches in downtown Los Angeles. The action was organized by Occupy Fights Foreclosures, an Occupy Los Angeles subcommittee that has been assisting homeowners fight what they consider are fraudulent foreclosures. About 80 activists, which included...
Read more »

Tags: ,
Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Anti-eviction advocates open foreclosed home for owner

April 24, 2013
By
IMG_1873-A (1024x1024)

Another set of locks has been broken on a foreclosed home, this time for South Los Angeles resident Cathelene Hughes. On Sunday, April 21, members of the Los Angeles Anti-Eviction Campaign broke the locks on Hughes’ home located on the 9800 block on South Wall Street. “This feels great,” said Hughes, 72, who had...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in News | No Comments »

Loan mods link homes in foreclosure revolt

January 4, 2013
By
12232012_Corona Foreclosure Protest 04

For months now, occupy activists have been conducting sit-in demonstrations at repossessed homes to fight what they argue are fraudulent foreclosures. Occupiers have been camped out at the Lucero residence in East Los Angeles for over 80 days now and at the Corona residence in Lincoln Heights since just before Christmas. Recently as well,...
Read more »

Tags: ,
Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Occupiers open up foreclosed home for owner

December 23, 2012
By
12232012_Corona Foreclosure Protest 01-01 (800x800)

Protesting what they consider was a wrongful eviction, occupiers broke into a foreclosed home in Lincoln Heights tonight and gave it back to the homeowner. After Soledad Corona was approved for a loan modification, Bank of America, her mortgage provider, withheld her first payment, which caused her to go into default. The bank then...
Read more »

Tags: ,
Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Fort Hernandez barricade torn down by city

October 29, 2012
By

The Bureau of Street Services and police tore down the barricade surrounding the Hernandez residence in Van Nuys today. The barrier was part of an Occupy protest against the foreclosure of the home, also known as Fort Hernandez, which has been ongoing for over two months. LAPD officers assisted in the action by setting...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Foreclosure revolt spreads to East LA

October 22, 2012
By
Fort Lucero 01

Margarita Lucero and her husband are unloading their pick-up truck of clothes. In the back are old televisions and VCRs. These are items they sell at swap meets, she explains. When asked how she has been, she responds, “No bien. Nervous.” The subject of her worries flies overhead in an overcast sky. “La policía,”...
Read more »

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Features | 4 Comments »

East LA family, OLA fight foreclosure of home

October 14, 2012
By
Fort Lucero 01

At the request of a homeowner under foreclosure, occupiers have barricaded themselves inside another home. They hope to stave off eviction and force an amicable arrangement with the mortgage lender. According to the homeowners, Margarita Lucero and her brother Benito, and occupiers, Deutsche Bank is fraudulently foreclosing on the Lucero home. On the day...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in News | 1 Comment »

Fort Hernandez faces imminent raid, eviction

October 10, 2012
By
Fort Hernandez 04

These may be the final days of Fort Hernandez. Forty-five days ago, a foreclosed home in Van Nuys became a local hub of community outreach and protesting against banks. The residents of 14620 Leadwell St. decided not to leave, but to use their experience as an example of what’s wrong with this country’s banking...
Read more »

Tags: ,
Posted in Features | No Comments »

Fort Hernandez still stands as foreclosure battle continues

September 2, 2012
By
Fort Hernandez 04-01

It’s Saturday afternoon, Labor Day weekend, in Van Nuys and the mood is subdued. Homeowners tend to chores. One works on his pick-up truck. Above, a warm breeze stirs the tree leaves, making a gentle sound that causes one to desire a hammock for an afternoon nap. Nearby, atop a flag pole, an American...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in Features | 1 Comment »

Housing advocates fight to keep family together

March 11, 2012
By
Support for Blanca Cardenas 04

Occupy activists and immigration advocates joined forces today in a battle to keep a family together. On Feb. 22, Gerardo Quinones and Blanca Cardenas were removed from their North Hollywood home of eight years by the LAPD after Bank of America foreclosed on their mortgage. Because she refused to leave her house, Cardenas was...
Read more »

Tags: ,
Posted in News | No Comments »

Follow Us

Search This Site