Posted on 09/11/2014 1:47:21 PM PDT by matt04
The chants cut through the warm, humid air like an approaching cold front, prompting drivers to crane their necks and pedestrians to stop in their tracks on the sidewalk outside the U.S. Post Office on Liberty Street.
"No justice, no peace, no more people in the streets."
"What do we do when banks attack? Stand up, fight back."
The protesters' numbers were few – less than 20 – but the collective voice of Springfield No One Leaves was mighty as the group took aim at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the beleaguered government-sponsored mortgage enterprises bailed out by taxpayers, and demanded housing justice from Melvin Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
The activists gathered outside the Springfield post office on Thursday, carrying signs with messages such as "Frauddie Mac" and calling on Watt to deal with them fairly. Seven Springfield-area residents whose homes are in foreclosure were among the protesters, and some shared personal stories of how they arrived at their predicaments.
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As alternatives to eviction, No One Leaves is requesting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to do three things:
To accept rent from tenants and former owners after foreclosures.
To sell back homes at the current market value to tenants and former owners.
To either turn property into affordable rentals or donate the property to community organizations that are willing to maintain them as affordable properties.
(Excerpt) Read more at masslive.com ...
Better idea, pay you mortgage or face the consequences. Also it wasn’t “your” house as long as you had a mortgage, it was owned by the bank.
What is their definition of “fair housing”? That someone else pays for it?
The government should give everyone a free cardboard box to live in. It’s the right thing to do and it’s a “constitutional right” — it’s probably written on the margins of the Constitution.
Hahahaha! Well done sir!
Why not move to Detroit? There’s a lot of housing there I hear.
How about the men in the white coats throw a butterfly net over them and take them back to the Senate
And Detroit Fire constantly, uh, trains in putting out house fire in the event something were to happen.
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