[Occupymendocino] Fwd: New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
Linda Jupiter
jupiter at mcn.org
Mon Dec 23 10:48:59 PST 2013
More towns are using their right of eminent domain to help save
people's homes:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/16/new-jersey-town-vowstorescueforeclosedhomeowners.html
Linda
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Carrie Durkee <cdurkee at mcn.org>
> Date: December 23, 2013 8:06:20 AM PST
> To: Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org>
> Subject: Fwd: New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
>
> pass on to anyone you may think could benefit.
> Carrie
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Annemarie <aweibel at mcn.org>
>> Subject: New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
>> Date: December 22, 2013 7:54:22 PM PST
>> To: Carrie Durkee <cdurkee at mcn.org>
>>
>> Hi Carrie,
>> You probably saw these comments on mcn. If not, it is interesting
>> to see that a New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners.
>> Annemarie
>>
>>
>>
>> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:45:55 -0800
>> From: John Fremont <john at cypresshouse.com>
>> Subject: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain
>> To: discussion list <discussion at lists.mcn.org>
>> Message-ID: <52899B83.6010202 at cypresshouse.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>
>> There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of
>> transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.
>> Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated
>> problems? New Jersey has one idea:
>> SEARCH
>>
>>
>>
>> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
>>
>> by E. Tammy Kim <http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html
>> >
>> @etammykim <http://www.twitter.com/etammykim>
>> November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET
>> Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight
>> foreclosures
>>
>> Topics:
>> Housing <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html
>> >
>> U.S. <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/
>> us.html>
>> Bank of America
>>
>> <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry (right),
>> with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim
>>
>> IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place, tan
>> with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings
>> for
>> the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far from
>> Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this
>> working-class township to nearby Newark.
>>
>> Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have lived in
>> this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a home,?
>> said
>> McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown
>> skin. But
>> since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as
>> pride.
>>
>> ?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells Fargo
>> the
>> next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it.
>> Ever
>> since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her
>> house.?
>>
>> A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some relief.
>> At a
>> press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced
>> the
>> township <https://www.irvington.net/>?s plan to ?take? and revalue
>> foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using the
>> legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,
>> Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-
>> mortgage
>> foreclosed properties.
>>
>> ?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people being
>> talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what we?re
>> trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,?
>> said
>> Smith.
>>
>>
>> Experiment and backlash
>>
>> It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country. In
>> late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.
>> <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html
>> > made
>> national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their
>> renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking
>> foreclosed properties by eminent domain.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 10
>> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 05:03:41 +0000
>> From: Penelope Ashe <cassandrapenelopeashe at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain
>> To: discussion at lists.mcn.org
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAAZqs8WNt8hcJwiqfXJNAbAwua1cwQOhu8yUSsJpts2TOaav=w at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>> What gave you the impression that the city or county was interested
>> in
>> solving this problem? FB is an inactivist agency. They are at the
>> back of
>> the back of cities on modern efforts like localization and in fact,
>> appear
>> opposed to it. They dont even try to give any contracts to local
>> businesses. They had 10 years to prepare for the demolition of the
>> mill
>> buidlings, had they wanted local involvement. They dont, at least
>> in my
>> opinion.
>> The county is even more inactivst. They are not interested in any
>> program
>> that takes staff time. They don't want to provide mental health
>> services.
>> They are in reverse on everything, apparently trying to undo mistakes
>> rather than do new things.
>> Many government agencies in many parts of the country are doing new
>> things
>> to promote their local economies, not so here, from what I can
>> tell. We
>> have mysteriously given the city a progressive image... Huh?
>> Where? When?
>> We were better off with Dominic running the town. He's back with a
>> chain
>> store that Linda Ruffing loved up in her column
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:45 AM, John Fremont
>> <john at cypresshouse.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of
>>> transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.
>>> Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated
>>> problems? New Jersey has one idea:
>>> SEARCH
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
>>>
>>> by E. Tammy Kim
>> <http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html>
>>> @etammykim <http://www.twitter.com/etammykim>
>>> November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET
>>> Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight
>>> foreclosures
>>>
>>> Topics:
>>> Housing
>> <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html>
>>> U.S. <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/us.html
>>> >
>>> Bank of America
>>> <
>>>
>> http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry (right),
>>> with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim
>>>
>>> IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place,
>>> tan
>>> with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings
>>> for
>>> the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far from
>>> Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this
>>> working-class township to nearby Newark.
>>>
>>> Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have lived
>>> in
>>> this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a
>>> home,? said
>>> McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown
>>> skin. But
>>> since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as
>> pride.
>>>
>>> ?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells
>>> Fargo the
>>> next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it.
>>> Ever
>>> since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her
>>> house.?
>>>
>>> A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some
>>> relief. At a
>>> press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith
>>> announced the
>>> township <https://www.irvington.net/>?s plan to ?take? and revalue
>>> foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using the
>>> legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,
>>> Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-
>>> mortgage
>>> foreclosed properties.
>>>
>>> ?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people being
>>> talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what we?
>>> re
>>> trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,?
>>> said
>>> Smith.
>>>
>>>
>>> Experiment and backlash
>>>
>>> It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country. In
>>> late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.
>>> <
>>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html
>> >
>>> made
>>> national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their
>>> renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking
>>> foreclosed properties by eminent domain.
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:56:02 -0800
>> From: Marinela Miclea <marinela at alumni.ucla.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [MCN-Discussion]- eminent domain
>> To: discussion at lists.mcn.org
>> Message-ID: <E86C3AB4-911D-4EDB-9381-C52A97059927 at alumni.ucla.edu>
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>>
>> Why? Why would the city or the county not want to encourage local
>> businesses? Aren't they shooting themselves in the foot by their
>> inactivity? And why don't people w/ initiative run for city/county
>> office?
>>
>> Marinela
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:03 PM, Penelope Ashe wrote:
>>
>>> What gave you the impression that the city or county was
>>> interested in
>>> solving this problem? FB is an inactivist agency. They are at the
>>> back of
>>> the back of cities on modern efforts like localization and in fact,
>>> appear
>>> opposed to it. They dont even try to give any contracts to local
>>> businesses. They had 10 years to prepare for the demolition of the
>>> mill
>>> buidlings, had they wanted local involvement. They dont, at least
>>> in my
>>> opinion.
>>> The county is even more inactivst. They are not interested in any
>>> program
>>> that takes staff time. They don't want to provide mental health
>>> services.
>>> They are in reverse on everything, apparently trying to undo
>>> mistakes
>>> rather than do new things.
>>> Many government agencies in many parts of the country are doing new
>>> things
>>> to promote their local economies, not so here, from what I can
>>> tell. We
>>> have mysteriously given the city a progressive image... Huh? Where?
>>> When?
>>> We were better off with Dominic running the town. He's back with a
>>> chain
>>> store that Linda Ruffing loved up in her column
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:45 AM, John Fremont
>>> <john at cypresshouse.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are empty stores and buildings in Fort Bragg. Hundreds of
>>>> transients sleep in alleys and on the streets. It's getting colder.
>>>> Do any city/county leaders see a solution to these interrelated
>>>> problems? New Jersey has one idea:
>>>> SEARCH
>>>>
>>>> New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners
>>>>
>>>> by E. Tammy Kim
>> <http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/e-tammy-kim.html
>>>>>
>>>> @etammykim <http://www.twitter.com/etammykim>
>>>> November 16, 2013 9:00PM ET
>>>> Irvington may become second US city to use eminent domain to fight
>>>> foreclosures
>>>>
>>>> Topics:
>>>> Housing
>> <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/issue/housing.html
>>>>>
>>>> U.S. <http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/categories/
>>>> us.html>
>>>> Bank of America
>>>> <
>>>>
>> http://america.aljazeera.com/topics/topic/organization/bank-of-america.html
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Irvington, N.J. homeowner facing foreclosure, Lavinia Curry
>>>> (right),
>>>> with her daughter Paulette McQueen and two grandsons.E. Tammy Kim
>>>>
>>>> IRVINGTON, N.J. ? Their narrow, two-story house on Garwood Place,
>>>> tan
>>>> with white trim, could use a fresh coat of paint and new plantings
>>>> for
>>>> the sidewalk flowerbed. It sits in a quiet neighborhood not far
>>>> from
>>>> Springfield Avenue, the retail thoroughfare connecting this
>>>> working-class township to nearby Newark.
>>>>
>>>> Paulette McQueen, 60, and her mother Lavinia Curry, 86, have
>>>> lived in
>>>> this house since 2003. ?My mother always dreamed of having a home,?
>>>> said
>>>> McQueen, a solidly built woman with blonde hair and dark brown
>>>> skin. But
>>>> since 2010 their home has been a source of consternation as much as
>>>> pride.
>>>>
>>>> ?We were one month behind, and I took [two payments] to Wells Fargo
>>>> the
>>>> next month," said McQueen. "They told me they wouldn?t accept it.
>>>> Ever
>>>> since then, they?re harassing my mother. They want me to sell her
>>>> house.?
>>>>
>>>> A new program, though, could provide McQueen and Curry some relief.
>>>> At a
>>>> press conference on Saturday, Irvington Mayor Wayne Smith announced
>>>> the
>>>> township <https://www.irvington.net/>?s plan to ?take? and revalue
>>>> foreclosed homes at market rates for the public?s benefit, using
>>>> the
>>>> legal doctrine of ?eminent domain.? Should the plan move forward,
>>>> Irvington could become the first municipality to seize and re-
>>>> mortgage
>>>> foreclosed properties.
>>>>
>>>> ?When you hear (?eminent domain?), you usually think of people
>>>> being
>>>> talked out of their homes (for corporate development), but what
>>>> we?re
>>>> trying to do is recast it so that people can stay in their homes,?
>>>> said
>>>> Smith.
>>>>
>>>> Experiment and backlash
>>>>
>>>> It?s a strategy spreading to cities and towns across the country.
>>>> In
>>>> late July, for example, Richmond, Calif.
>>>> <
>>>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html
>>>>>
>>>> made
>>>> national news when it notified a group of banks that, barring their
>>>> renegotiation of existing mortgages, the city would consider taking
>>>> foreclosed properties by eminent domain.
>
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