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| Acorn Breaks into Home |
| 2009-02-21 |
| Some community activists could face criminal charges after breaking into a home in Southeast Baltimore. Police were at the home Thursday night looking for fingerprints and other evidence. The activists who staged the break-in belong to the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now or ACORN. After snapping a lock with bolt cutters, ACORN member Louis Beverly told supporters "this is our house now." ACORN staged the demonstration to protest the foreclosure crisis sweeping the nation. The home in the 300 block of Ellwood Avenue used to be owned by Donna Hanks. She lost this home in September, after owning it since 2001. When things got tough she struggled to make her payments. Her mortgage? $1995 a month. Her income? $2200. So the mortgage payment was 91% of her monthly income? Boy howdy, no reason at all why she got foreclosed, huh ... Donna's story is one that ACORN is taking a stand against. "We feel that it was unjust, we feel as though she was strong armed robbed, we feel that Wells Fargo could have modified her loan and that is what we are asking for right now," says Beverly. Acorn chapters across the country are staging similar scenes to drive their point home. They want state governments to enact moratoriums on foreclosures until this crisis can be worked out. ACORN says that they will move Donna Hanks back in despite the fact that she no longer owns the house. During the taping of this story a man by the name of William Lane told ABC2 News that he owns the house currently--and plans to sue Acorn. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 I don't know if this is true, but fwiw: Thought you might be interested in some REAL information related to this Baltimore foreclosure; Donna Hanks initially purchased her home (315 South Ellwood, Baltimore, MD 21224) on 7/06/2001 for $87,000. At some date between 2001 and 2006 she re-financed the original mortgage for the amount of $270,000 with a mortgage payment of $1,662.00. The FIRST foreclosure on this home was filed 5/31/2006. Donna Hanks filed for bankruptcy 6/16/06 during which a payment plan was approved for the $10,500 she was behind in her payments. This action stopped the original foreclosure. When she did not meet the terms of the bankruptcy re-payment, a second foreclosure action was started in January 2008. At the time she had not made her mortgage payments since September 2007. It should be noted that her salary per the bankruptcy paperwork was $1625 per month and she was working a 2nd and 3rd job (supposedly giving her an additional $1,275 in monthly income - the employers were not listed). Over extended? Also, during 2007 she was renting our her basement illegally (she was taken to court) and receiving rent while she was not making her mortgage payments. The mortgage company “raised” her payment $300 a month - right? Well, not exactly it was $340. The amount that she had agreed to pay back in arrears. Not exactly truthful, but what I would expect from a person with her criminal record (theft and assault 2nd degree and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure). Oh and there is the small matter of breaking and entering. The house at 315 South Ellwood had already been sold at auction on 6/26/08 for $192,000. It just took them until September 2008 to get her out. Nothing like public information - it seems Acorn could have found this same information before they helped this “poor” victimized woman………………… Google is freakin' amazing. |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-02-21 22:44 |
| #10 The part where they have to pay for things they want, Deacon. They don't understand that at all. But that's okay - Obama's gonna pay their mortgage and Obaman's gonna pay their gas. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-21 19:41 |
| #9 So what part of "it's not yours until you've finished paying for it" do they not understand? Maybe Acorn could finance it and she could make payments to them. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-02-21 18:18 |
| #8 Yes Joe, a very rare... I say again very rare photo of an angry First Lady. (appears she's having Winnie Mandela flaming Michelin tire thoughts) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-21 17:45 |
| #7 Grace doesn't have the Klingon forehead thing going on |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-21 17:13 |
| #6 Nuttier than squirrel crap, they are, they are.... Ergo the name? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-02-21 17:10 |
| #5 Besoeker: Are we sure that's ZimBob's wife? She looks like Michele Oblahblah -- I'd recognize that scowl anywhere -- and who's the dude in the turban next to her? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-02-21 16:51 |
| #4 In other news, Robert Mugabe's wife Grace seizes Zimbabe farm. Story and sexy photo HERE. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-21 10:25 |
| #3 I thought they were just practicing on taking the census or something. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-02-21 10:16 |
| #2 If the monthyly payment is too large, you could redo the loan for a longer period. Say, $500/month for a million years. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-02-21 10:14 |
| #1 Acorn tries to steal mans home more like. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-02-21 04:55 |