[Occupymendocino] Fwd: New Jersey town vows to rescue foreclosed homeowners

Mon Dec 23 22:48:26 PST 2013

YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
On Dec 23, 2013, at 10:48 AM, Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org> wrote:

> 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>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 	
>>> 
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>>> 	
>>> 
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>>> 	
>>> 	
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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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