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Occupy’s Right To Occupy To Get Public Hearing
Click Photo to Watch City Council Debate Johnson's Resolution to Limit Occupy's Right to GatherOn Wednesday May 2, the Minneapolis City Council will hold a public hearing over the resolution proposed...
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Occupy Wins Home in North Minneapolis, Defends Latino Home in South
Click Photo to Watch Occupy Homes Defense of Alejandra and David Cruz House“My parents had to work so hard for this house,” teary-eyed Alejandra Cruz told an Occupy Homes rally this week. “It’s unjust...
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Cement Encased Occupy Home Defenders Risk Life And Limb
Click on Photo to See Occupy Homes' Creative Defense MechanismHow far would you go to protect a homeowner from being evicted?Occupy Homes activists defending Alejandra and David Cruz’s foreclosed home...
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Occupy-Backed Homeowner Monique White Wins Loan Modification, Keeps House
Click on Photo of White to View VideoEmbattled North Minneapolis homeowner Monique White has won a long-sought loan modification from her original lender, US Bank. The improbably victory followed a...
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Occupy Activists Defend Cruz Home from Sheriff’s Eviction
Click on Photo to Watch Occupy Homes Defend Cruz ResidenceApproximately 100 Occupy Homes activists and community members defended Alejandra and David Cruz’s South Minneapolis home from eviction...
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Target Of Sheriff’s Eviction Raid Calls It An Outrage
Click image to hear David Cruz talk about the raid against his homeDavid Cruz is in the process of renegotiating his mortgage with PNC Bank, so he was surprised when at 4AM Friday members of the...
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Occupy Homes, Veterans Will Rally to Stop Sheriff’s Sale of Vet’s Home
Click Photo to View Video of John Vinje Defending Home at Sheriff's Sale earlier this year.Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Hennepin County Government Center, Occupy Homes plans to once again block...
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How Much Did Police Raid on Occupy-Backed Cruz Home Cost Mineapolis?
Click on Photo to Hear Interview with NOC's Anthony Newby“We want to know how much this cost,” said Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and Occupy Homes activist Anthony Newby following the Minneapolis...
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Post-Recall Demonstration Focuses On Fairness Issues
Click image to watch the Occupy Milwaukee marchVideo by Tracey Pollock and Jacob Flom The day after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived his recall election, hundreds of activists marched in the...
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Humiliated Homeowner Turns to Son’s Occupy Homes for Help
Click on Photo to Hear Colleen and Nick Espinosa's StoryUPDATE: Citibank has reportedly agreed to stop the sheriff’s sale and has renegotiated the loan so monthly payments are one-third less. When...
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Occupy Homes Holds National Day of Action to Support Cruz Family
Click on Photo to View Cruz Family Sendoff RallyBuoyed by a nationwide Occupy Homes movement that has rallied behind them, and upset that PNC Bank has not followed through on its pledge to help save...
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A Year Out, Occupy Emboldens the 99 Percent
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park and spread to thousands of cities and public gathering places around the world. Occupy’s...
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Students, Homeowners Whoring Themselves for the Banks
Click on Photo to Watch Occupy's One-Year Anniversary Rally Against Debt“People are whoring themselves for the benefit of the banks, so they can make their payments,” protested an Occupy activist who...
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Occupy’s Impact: Emboldening Homeowners Against Banks
Occupy Wall Street, which celebrated its one-year anniversary yesterday, has helped bring economic justice and fair taxation to the forefront of our political debate. But here in the Twin Cities,...
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Riot Charges Dropped Against Occupy Homes Activists
Click photo to watch interview with organizer Nick EspinosaRiot charges were dropped this morning against Minnesota Occupy Homes activists Nick Espinosa and Matthew Van Grinsven, who were arrested...
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Occupy’s Impact: Homeowner Victory Plants Seed for Others Facing Foreclosure
Click on Photo to Hear How Bobby Hull Helped Galvanize a Homeowner Rights' MovementIn early December, the upstart Occupy Homes MN movement — which had all but moved off the local government plaza and...
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Occupy’s Impact: Forcing Mayor to Confront Lender
Click on Photo to Learn How Occupy's Cruz Struggle Forced the Mayor to Confront Freddie MacIn early May, the Minnesota Occupy Homes movement began defending the Cruz house in South Minneapolis, home to...
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Occupy’s Impact: Making Foreclosures an Election Issue
Click on Photo to Read How Occupy is Trying to Thrust Foreclosures into the National Political DebateLess than six weeks before the presidential election, the upstart Occupy Homes movement is sending...
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Citibank Dual Tracks MN Homeowner Into Foreclosure
“I’m really devastated here, I don’t understand how this can happen,” explained Golden Valley Minnesota homeowner Rose McGee.She’s referring to her California Mission style home on a quiet corner of...
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Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Challenged In Rhyme
Click book to watch video about the making of "Fannie and Freddie"Can you imagine mortgage providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gambling away homes in Las Vegas? Becky Dernbach can, so she wrote a book...
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Occupy Homes Holds Vigil as Foreclosed Cruz House Goes for Sale
Last week the boards and barriers came off windows and doors of the foreclosed Cruz house in South Minneapolis. But not so the Occupy Homes-backed immigrant family could move back in.Lender Freddie Mac...
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Green Party’s First Act in White House would be Foreclosure Moratorium
Click on photo to hear why, if elected, the Green Party would prioritize homelessness above other issues.Green Party vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala said that, were she and presidential...
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Homeowner Wins Twice Against Freddie Mac
Click on Caylin Crawford's picture to see video of her foreclosure story.The nation’s largest mortgage company may finally be bending to public pressure. A St. Paul homeowner has scored a pair of...
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Police Detective Battles Foreclosure as Occupy Atlanta, Occupy Minnesota Team Up
Click on Photo to Learn why Occupy Homes Atlanta and Occupy Minnesota are joining forces.Retired police detective Jacqueline Barber finds herself in the ironic situation that she could be evicted from...
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Occupy Homes Claims Abandoned House, Eyes South Minneapolis Foreclosure Free...
Click on photo to learn how, on its birthday, Occupy Homes is escalating its struggle for housing justice.One year after their successful defense of Bobby Hull’s house in South Minneapolis, Occupy...
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