tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30919770902849712962024-03-06T12:02:25.652-08:00"No 2 Housing Crime"HOMEOWNERS RESOURCE CENTER
This site is dedicated to the millions of American families who have suffered by the greed and abuses of the biggest financial institutions in the world.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-66871723479274149262016-04-23T20:49:00.001-07:002016-04-23T20:49:07.205-07:00Unsealed government documents may reveal truth about Fannie, Freddie
fate<div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.625rem;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the years since the federal government modified its conservatorship agreement with <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fannie Mae </strong>and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Freddie Mac</strong> to sweep all the profits from the government-sponsored enterprises into the government’s coffers, many observers, including those with a <a href="http://www.housingwire.com/blogs/1-rewired/post/34452-was-the-third-amendment-sweep-of-fannie-freddie-a-sham" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(233, 233, 233); text-decoration: none;">serious financial interest</a>, have questioned whether the so-called “Third Amendment sweep” was even necessary.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.625rem;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At the time, the government claimed that the GSEs were on the brink of collapse, and amended the terms of the GSEs’ conservatorship to ensure that the government had enough money to bail them out again if necessary.</span></p></div><div><br></div>READ MORE HERE<div><a href="http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36770-unsealed-government-documents-may-reveal-truth-about-fannie-freddie-fate">http://www.housingwire.com/articles/36770-unsealed-government-documents-may-reveal-truth-about-fannie-freddie-fate</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-35073457638294237242016-04-23T20:45:00.001-07:002016-04-23T20:45:46.311-07:00Why Is the Obama Administration Trying to Keep 11,000 Documents Sealed?<div>TOO BIG TO KEEP IT SECRET</div><div>The "most transparent administration in history" has spent years trying to hide embarrassing financial secrets from the public.</div><div><br></div><div>For years now, the federal government has been quietly fighting to keep a lid on an 11,000-document cache of government communications relating to financial policy. The sheer breadth of the effort to keep this material secret may not have a precedent in modern presidential times.</div><div><br></div><div>READ FULL ARTICLE HERE</div><div><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-is-the-obama-administration-trying-to-keep-11-000-documents-sealed-20160418?page=2">http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-is-the-obama-administration-trying-to-keep-11-000-documents-sealed-20160418?page=2</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-20397748639424473812016-02-25T00:10:00.001-08:002016-02-25T00:10:46.911-08:00Your Foreclosure Could Be Invalid, According to the CA Supreme Court<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-break: break-word;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If your house has been foreclosed on, that foreclosure might be invalid under a new ruling from the state Supreme Court</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">.</span></p><div>READ MORE HERE:</div><div><a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/02/19/siding-with-a-victim-of-fraudulent-foreclosure-california-court-exposes-a-failure-of-law-enforcement/">https://theintercept.com/2016/02/19/siding-with-a-victim-of-fraudulent-foreclosure-california-court-exposes-a-failure-of-law-enforcement/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-45382731927691578972016-02-18T22:37:00.001-08:002016-02-18T22:37:11.476-08:00Foreclosures and Bernie Sanders<div>Watch video here</div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/2cb9zCxdOM0" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://youtu.be/2cb9zCxdOM0</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-43863378469346002982015-10-12T22:38:00.001-07:002015-10-12T22:38:25.248-07:00Assembly Member Miguel Santiago Sponsors Foreclosure Fair, Los Angeles<div>UPDATE</div><div>FORECLOSURE FAIR & MORTGAGE FRAUD PANEL </div><div><br></div><div>Resource Tables</div><div>• SoCal Gas</div><div>• L.A. County District Attorney’s Office</div><div>• US Bankruptcy Court</div><div>• Public Council</div><div>• Neighborhood Housing Services L.A. County</div><div>• L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Office</div><div>• Contractors State Licensing Board</div><div>• Occupy Fights Foreclosure</div><div>• Bureau of Real Estate</div><div>• Dept. of Bussiness Oversight</div><div>• State Bar of CA</div><div>• Congressmember Xavier Becerra (Boyle Heights only)</div><div>• Congressmember Lucille Roybal-Allard (Huntington Park only)</div><div>• Los Angeles City Councilmember Huizar (Boyle Heights only)</div><div>• Assemblymember Miguel Santiago</div><div>• Montebello Housing and Development Corporation (Boyle Heights only)</div><div>• Keep Your Home CA (Huntington Park only)</div><div> </div><div>Speakers</div><div>• Dept. of Bussiness Oversight – Antonia Villasenor (Moderator)</div><div>• Occupy Fights Foreclosure – Carlos Marroquin</div><div>• Bureau of Real Estate – Amelia Nunez</div><div>• State Bar of CA – Carina Franck-Pantone</div><div>• Keep Your Home CA – Denise Teora</div><div>• U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Gabriela Huerta or Otoniel Gonsales</div><div>• L.A. County District Attorney – Deve Lopez<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyctY41Fyit1CMLK1BusCNAQo9dO7UxpxbwNsR1pTLOa721fPU6XUtowUGoRI9fiP4B3A2aor_A_tF119PG-ozMLhLXHwYQ271aACvbulmmbv5CfIv8QyWgPDM5F3aeI6CHbBR60wVEvU/s640/blogger-image--2142421874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyctY41Fyit1CMLK1BusCNAQo9dO7UxpxbwNsR1pTLOa721fPU6XUtowUGoRI9fiP4B3A2aor_A_tF119PG-ozMLhLXHwYQ271aACvbulmmbv5CfIv8QyWgPDM5F3aeI6CHbBR60wVEvU/s640/blogger-image--2142421874.jpg"></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-52776999917947640082015-09-28T17:04:00.001-07:002015-09-28T17:04:23.954-07:00Big banks are violating The National Mortgage Fraud Settlement Agreement<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WEAK OVERSIGHT</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The nation’s largest mortgage lenders are violating the terms of a punitive 2012 settlement that was meant to prevent unfair and unnecessary foreclosures that destroyed communities and pushed working families from their homes. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Interviews by POLITICO with more than 20 housing counselors, Legal Aid lawyers and government prosecutors in states hard hit by the real estate crisis that followed the 2007 financial meltdown reveal that the nation’s top lenders are violating the settlement and rules put in place last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In some cases, the problems — repeated requests for the same documents, for example — stem from ongoing disorganization deep inside the loan servicing departments of the banks, but some homeowners and their representatives claim the issues are a deliberate attempt to use foreclosure to resolve cases that have lingered for years.</span></p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read more<font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">...</font></span></div><div><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/foreclosures-mortgage-lenders-2012-settlement-banks-213322" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/foreclosures-mortgage-lenders-2012-settlement-banks-213322</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-25941542334683553152015-09-26T00:27:00.001-07:002015-09-26T00:27:08.343-07:00PRESS RELEASE: Assemblymember Miguel Santiago Announces Two Foreclosure
Resource Fairs<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Office of Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), in partnership with the State Bar of California, the California Departments of Business Oversight and Consumer Affairs, and Occupy Fights Foreclosures, will be conducting two free seminars to educate concerned residents about real estate fraud and the foreclosure process. Attendees will learn valuable tips about how to protect themselves in the housing market, and be provided with access to informational materials, and resources.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Read Press Release here</div><div><a href="http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/pr_assemblymember_miguel_santiago_announces_two_foreclosure_resource_fairs" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/pr_assemblymember_miguel_santiago_announces_two_foreclosure_resource_fairs</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-24624412940597570692015-08-27T19:34:00.001-07:002015-08-27T19:34:40.321-07:00Tricks Banks Use to Drive Homeowners Into Foreclosure<div><span style="font-weight: bold; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Banks have become just mortgage servicing agents and foreclosure of your home is their new business model. Protect your home by learning about the tricks they play.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Most homeowners are unaware that their mortgage banks make more money from foreclosure than actual payment. Mortgage banks give as few modifications as possible and comply minimally with statutes put in place to protect borrowers, all while employing tricks to “cash in” on homeowners’ defaults, pushing them to foreclosure. The banks take the risk of litigation because few people sue, but getting legal assistance as soon as possible can make the difference between homeowners asserting their rights or losing their homes while being bulldozed by the bank.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Read full article here...</div><div><a href="http://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00088375-6-tricks-banks-use-to-drive-homeowners-into-foreclosure.html" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://newswire.net/newsroom/news/00088375-6-tricks-banks-use-to-drive-homeowners-into-foreclosure.html</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-90031061645402241102015-07-16T19:51:00.001-07:002015-07-16T19:51:41.568-07:00Homeowner Wins Against Wells Fargo<div>Read full story here</div><div><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/us-bank-and-wells-fargo-fall-asleep-at-the-foreclosure-wheel-case-dismissed" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.examiner.com/article/us-bank-and-wells-fargo-fall-asleep-at-the-foreclosure-wheel-case-dismissed</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-68035409818217431332015-07-07T18:51:00.001-07:002015-07-07T18:51:35.903-07:00Why Eric Holder’s new job is an insult to the American public<div>Read full article here</div><div><a href="http://www.salon.com/2015/07/07/why_eric_holders_new_job_is_an_insult_to_the_american_public/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.salon.com/2015/07/07/why_eric_holders_new_job_is_an_insult_to_the_american_public/</a></div><div><br></div><div>By David Dayen</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-80860247314307312672015-06-15T23:35:00.001-07:002015-06-15T23:35:38.864-07:00Open Letter to Governor BrownREAD FULL ARTICLE HERE<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/open_letter_to_governor_jerry_brown_410_million_due_to_struggling_homeowners">http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/open_letter_to_governor_jerry_brown_410_million_due_to_struggling_homeowners</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-73952042034883006482015-06-15T23:12:00.001-07:002015-06-15T23:12:54.862-07:00Judge: Brown and Legislature illegally raided homeowners fundREAD FULL STORY <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Judge-Brown-and-Legislature-illegally-raided-6329098.php">http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Judge-Brown-and-Legislature-illegally-raided-6329098.php</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-87428937819361981502015-06-14T20:21:00.001-07:002015-06-14T20:21:22.050-07:00New Hampshire Bar Association to Offer Free Foreclosure ClinicREAD MORE HERE...<div><a href="http://www.fosters.com/article/20150614/NEWS/150619616">http://www.fosters.com/article/20150614/NEWS/150619616</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-35577332127316710822015-04-26T12:36:00.001-07:002015-04-26T12:36:33.287-07:00Families Protest Abusive Foreclosure Practices of Wells Fargo BankRead full article here...<div><a href="http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/04/267984.php" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/04/267984.php</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-10106495848359759752015-04-18T18:26:00.001-07:002015-04-18T18:26:25.325-07:00The bank moved to seize a widow’s home. But it didn’t tell her the loan
was insuredREAD FULL STORY HERE<div><a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/banking/article18700647.html">http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/banking/article18700647.html</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-24012959719146338842015-04-18T18:22:00.001-07:002015-04-18T18:22:30.373-07:00As His Young Daughters Slowly Die, Bank Of America Threatens
Foreclosure On A Kansas Dad’s HomeREAD FULL STORY HERE<div><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/2018247/as-his-young-daughters-slowly-die-bank-of-america-threatens-foreclosure-on-a-kansas-dads-home/">http://www.inquisitr.com/2018247/as-his-young-daughters-slowly-die-bank-of-america-threatens-foreclosure-on-a-kansas-dads-home/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-23149031253134922602015-04-18T18:17:00.001-07:002015-04-18T18:17:36.147-07:00U.S. judge finds Wells Fargo Breached 2010 Mortgage SettlementREAD FULL ARTICLE HERE<div><a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0N72MM20150416?irpc=932">http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0N72MM20150416?irpc=932</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-4407573754881510102015-02-15T13:10:00.001-08:002015-02-15T13:10:39.083-08:00Obama’s Foreclosure Relief Program Was Designed to Help Bankers, Not
HomeownersREAD HERE<div><br></div><div><a href="http://billmoyers.com/2015/02/14/needless-default/">http://billmoyers.com/2015/02/14/needless-default/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-43824707621986411002015-02-03T08:54:00.001-08:002015-02-03T08:54:43.159-08:00FEDERAL JUDGE SLAMS WELLS FARGO FOR FORGED MORTGAGE DOCSREAD FULL STORY HERE <a href="http://nypost.com/2015/01/31/ny-federal-judge-slams-wells-fargo-for-forged-mortgage-docs/">http://nypost.com/2015/01/31/ny-federal-judge-slams-wells-fargo-for-forged-mortgage-docs/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-29894436373419790432015-02-03T08:51:00.001-08:002015-02-03T08:51:19.817-08:00Two Judges Who Get it About BanksREAD FULL STORY HERE<div><a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/business/01gret.html?referrer=&_r=0">http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/business/01gret.html?referrer=&_r=0</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-4459547428506139312015-01-15T14:41:00.001-08:002015-01-15T14:41:53.521-08:00DID CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS FAILED HOMEOWNERS?READ FULL RESPONSE HERE<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkBN_gz9MR2ua_hX4FloauEEoLf2AXAqj9DTNeB9Lh-CbuQv0wn5_3Juhc-srqBfK7Jpq742G3YcwjBo-V7vCDnoR2avSFpZqcJ8R5XbAJTX8Cp7VhAsPb9OUQryt_9B7fqkc-hSoIPYA/s640/blogger-image--1600944640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNkBN_gz9MR2ua_hX4FloauEEoLf2AXAqj9DTNeB9Lh-CbuQv0wn5_3Juhc-srqBfK7Jpq742G3YcwjBo-V7vCDnoR2avSFpZqcJ8R5XbAJTX8Cp7VhAsPb9OUQryt_9B7fqkc-hSoIPYA/s640/blogger-image--1600944640.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/considering_kamala_harris_to_represent_california_citizens">http://www.occupyfightsforeclosures.org/considering_kamala_harris_to_represent_california_citizens</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-41251168021705240702015-01-03T19:37:00.001-08:002015-01-03T19:44:39.994-08:00Occupy The Rose Parade: People's Parade Follows Tournament of Roses
ParadeREAD FULL ARTICLE HERE<div><br></div><div>VIDEOS, PICTURES <a href="http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/01/266992.php">http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/01/266992.php</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-35131053941778497842015-01-01T18:23:00.001-08:002015-01-01T18:23:36.009-08:00Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on "The Divide: American Injustice in the
Age of the Wealth Gap"LISTEN FULL INTERVIEW HERE<div><br></div><div><a href="http://m.democracynow.org/stories/14902">http://m.democracynow.org/stories/14902</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-83846973228224546792014-12-28T12:09:00.001-08:002014-12-28T12:09:07.210-08:00FORECLOSURES: Does Utah or Texas Law Govern Here?READ FULL ARTICLE HERE<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/1988735-155/foreclosures-does-utah-or-texas-law">http://www.sltrib.com/news/1988735-155/foreclosures-does-utah-or-texas-law</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3091977090284971296.post-61565378485096441052014-12-23T04:52:00.001-08:002014-12-23T04:52:57.983-08:00Two More Law Firms Charge With FraudFULL STORY HERE<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/22/us-usa-colorado-foreclosure-idUSKBN0K01YQ20141222">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/22/us-usa-colorado-foreclosure-idUSKBN0K01YQ20141222</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0