acorn.org - 2/18/2009
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Are you having trouble making mortgage payments? Is a family you know facing an interest rate increase that they cannot afford? Act now to save your home and help your community! For years, predatory mortgage lenders have been steering first time homebuyers and those looking to refinance into ...
wjz.com - 2/20/2009
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) ― A community organization breaks into
a foreclosed home in what they are calling an...
act of civil disobedience. The group wants to train homeowners facing eviction on peaceful ways they can remain in their homes. Derek Valcourt ...
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ACORN Trains Citizens To Protest Home Foreclosures
pajamasmedia.com - 2/22/2009
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We Told You So
Congress Blog —
Yesterday President Obama signed into law the economic recovery package that is a firm first step forward in getting America back on its feet in the midst of the economic devastation we are experiencing. Today, President Obama announced his Administration’s $75 billion plan ...
I Told You So
Open Left - Front Page —
... How do I know? Well, ACORN has been fighting the problem at the core of the foreclosure crisis since 1999. Called "predatory lending", it is a series of practices concentrated in the subprime mortgage market that enriched brokers and investors while setting up borrowers to fail, principally in the refinance market. But the problem, despite its heart-breaking effects on families, was concentrated in communities of color or low- and moderate-income communities so it ran below the radar. ...
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