On AlterNet: forclosure

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "forclosure"

OWS and Unions: How to Defend People About to Lose Their Homes

Peter Olney, AlterNet. November 7, 2011.

"They got bailed out, we got thrown out!" rang through the streets as we marched to two of the fourteen houses on the same street being foreclosed.

Budget Compromise Slashes Funds for Organizations That Help Poor Deal With Predatory Lending, Domestic Violence, Foreclosures

Marian Wang, ProPublica. May 16, 2011.

Providers of civil legal services to the poor are having to furlough their staff, triage their clients, and turn away more people in need.

Foreclosure Fraud: Wall Street Cheats the Middle Class Again

Mike Lux, AlterNet. October 17, 2010.

Once again the big Wall Street banks are wreaking havoc with our economy in order to come away with outlandish profits at the expense of poor and middle-class people.

How Ruthless Banks Gutted the Black Middle Class and Got Away With It

Devona Walker, AlterNet. September 4, 2010.

The real estate and foreclosure crisis has stripped African-American families of more wealth than any single event in history.