This story was originally posted on Alternet.org Twenty miles east of Atlanta, about 35 people gathered in a church parking lot in Stone Mountain, Ga on Monday. Despite the fact that the rain was pouring down, spirits were high and the excitement was visible on many faces. They were there to help Mildred — a...
Try to imagine fighting abroad for your country, fighting for the “American Dream”, and returning to your home to have to endure the same fight domestically. Many veterans find themselves in this predicament today. Atlanta’s veterans have been hit especially hard, as 1/3 of the homeless population of this city are US veterans. There...
Mark Harris, an Occupy Our Homes Atlanta member who has been fighting Fannie Mae for his home since last fall, was joined today outside their regional headquarters by dozens of supporters, and community members, including American Friends Service Committee, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, Teamsters Local 728, and the SCLC. Mark, a Desert Storm veteran, had...
Last week, Occupy Our Homes members from Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Minneapolis joined Terry Horn in Dunlap, Tennessee to deliver a petition to Citizen’s Tri-County Bank’s Chairman and CEO, Glenn Barker. Terry and his sister Sherrie have been fighting to save their 86 year old mother Helen’s home from the bank. The mortgage on the family’s Bridgeport,...
Occupy Our Homes Atlanta, struggling homeowners, renters, and community members showed up on the Fulton Country Court steps on Tuesday February 5th as the foreclosure auction was taking place to confront investors and expose a troubling new trend being tested in the Atlanta housing market. Our communities have suffered enough from Wall Street’s greed. The...
This past Wednesday State Senator Vincent Fort hosted a public hearing on unfair foreclosures and mortgage loans. Around ten other legislators joined Senator Fort for the hearing, which focused on exploring a few basic questions including; 1) Why is the state failing to distribute $339 million(through HomeSafe Georgia) available to assist homeowners faced with foreclosure?...
By Shabnam Bashiri Every day, it seems a new report comes out praising the ongoing housing recovery. In Georgia, home prices are up 5 percent over last year, a year in which we also had one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. Seems a little odd, doesn’t it? Don’t foreclosures usually drive down...
Please text, call, or email Susan Fitzpartick at GMAC at 215-734-4400 susan.fitzpatrick@gmacrescap.com or Dana Dillard at GMAC 214-874-2269 dana.dillard@gmacm.com. You can text this message: Speed up the process with Jacqueline Barber. Sell back the home at the price it was auctioned at the courthouse steps. Please demand that GMAC speed up the process and sell Jacqueline her home back so...
Both this weekend’s member retreat and pancake brunch were successes. It’s exciting to see more and more members of Occupy Our Homes Atlanta using their voices to steer the movement. At Saturday’s membership retreat, which was proposed, organized, and facilitated by members, we spent time schooling ourselves on how best to explain the housing crisis...
