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Lender Admits Blindly Approving Foreclosures

Evictions suspended over huge 'robosigning' scandal

(Newser) - Foreclosure eviction proceedings around the country have ground to a halt after a mortgage company employee admitted to signing off on foreclosures without looking at them. The head of foreclosure document processing at Ally Financial, the nation's fourth-largest home lender, was required to verify information and sign documents in the...

Mosque Developer Owes Rent
Mosque Developer 
Owes Rent
Sep 15, 2010 6:30 AM CDT

Mosque Developer Owes Rent

Man behind Cordoba House evicted from Manhattan office

(Newser) - The developer behind the not-quite-at-Ground Zero mosque is being evicted from his office space over back rent. Sharif El-Gamal, who runs Soho Properties from an office at 552 Broadway in Manhattan, is said to owe $39,000 in back rent, reports the Daily News . El-Gamal, whose rental agreement expires October...

Brutal Immigrant Eviction Video Sparks French Fury

Pregnant woman, babies dragged by riot cops

(Newser) - A video showing police roughly breaking up a protest by African immigrant squatters in Paris is being slammed by human rights groups as the latest evidence of a brutal turn to the right by Nicolas Sarkozy's government. Officers can be seen dragging a screaming pregnant woman and mothers with wailing...

Woman, 83, Son Die in Fortified Foreclosed Home

Pair made last stand on eviction day

(Newser) - A mother and son chose to destroy themselves and their foreclosed home rather than surrender to deputies trying to evict them, police in Nevada say. Deputies and a locksmith arriving to evict Therese Christensen, 83, and her 46-year-old son, Gary, from the Reno home they had lived in for decades...

Broke Lohan Dodges Eviction
 Broke Lohan Dodges Eviction 
Apr 2, 2010 5:02 AM CDT

Broke Lohan Dodges Eviction

Finances dwindling as work disappears, say pals

(Newser) - Struggling Lindsay Lohan had to cough up some of her last bucks to dodge an eviction notice this week. The actress was so far behind in her Hollywood rent that she was forced to turn over $23,000—fast—to avoid being tossed out of her home. As her finances...

French Roust Migrant 'Jungle'
 French Roust Migrant 'Jungle' 
Sep 22, 2009 3:36 AM CDT

French Roust Migrant 'Jungle'

Squatters' camp near Calais was home to hundreds of Afghans seeking asylum

(Newser) - French riot police stormed in today to clear an immigrant camp known as "the Jungle," the Guardian reports. The camp in woodlands outside Calais was home to hundreds of asylum seekers living in squalid conditions. Most were men and boys from Afghanistan seeking to cross to Britain on...

Marshals Seize Ruth Madoff's Penthouse

She 'left voluntarily': lawyer

(Newser) - US Marshals seized Ruth Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse today after she made a deal to give it up last week, the New York Post reports. Madoff “left voluntarily and in an orderly manner to which all sides agreed,” said her lawyer. “We’re not here...

Protesters Rip Manhattan Foreclosure Auction

They demand moratorium on evictions

(Newser) - New Yorkers protested an auction yesterday of hundreds of foreclosed homes, claiming the forced evictions plaguing the nation in this economic downturn are illegal, and demanding a moratorium. "Banks get bailout out, people get thrown out," read signs held aloft by demonstrators." Their rage was not directed...

Freddie Mac to Let People Stay in Foreclosed Houses

Rental program aims to stop evictions

(Newser) - Freddie Mac has forged a first-of-its-kind plan to allow homeowners and tenants to remain in foreclosed homes, USA Today reports. Residents will be charged a market rental rate on leases renewable monthly after their homes have been acquired by the lender. Freddie Mac expects the program to save thousands of...

Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

(Newser) - Dozens of masked Jewish settlers vandalized a Palestinian house in Hebron today, just after Israeli soldiers dragged 250 Jewish settlers out of another disputed building, Haaretz reports. The move against the settlers was the first forced eviction in the West Bank in two years. Twenty-five people were injured in the...

Chicago Sheriff Halts Evictions
Chicago Sheriff 
Halts Evictions
Oct 9, 2008 8:21 AM CDT

Chicago Sheriff Halts Evictions

Lawman declares that throwing renters out of foreclosed properties is unjust

(Newser) - A Chicago lawman is going to stop enforcing foreclosure evictions because they’re unfair to renters, the Chicago Tribune reports. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has a huge and growing eviction list but is refusing to carry out any more mortgage-foreclosure evictions until lenders first figure out who’s actually...

As Foreclosures Rise, Fraud Cases Balloon

Equity scammers take advantage of ignorant, desperate owners

(Newser) - Running parallel with spiking foreclosure rates, so-called “foreclosure rescue scams” have reached epic proportions, and many state and local agencies aren't equipped to fight back, MSNBC reports. Companies that promise to help floundering property owners keep their homes and avoid the stigma of foreclosure are instead milking them for...

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska
Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska
ANALYSIS
Jun 19, 2008 4:18 PM CDT

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

GOP incumbent Ted Stevens has a rough-and-tumble challenge in Mark Begich

(Newser) - A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal, as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends...

Squatters, Scammers Move In on Foreclosed Homes

Increasingly, abandoned homes are being used for nefarious activity

(Newser) - Add a new twist to the housing crisis: Squatters are increasingly using homes that have been abandoned for months, and con artists are scamming banks in “cash for keys” deals or luring people into “leasing” homes that actually are foreclosures sitting empty, Reuters reports. Authorities can have a...

DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'
DC Woman:
4 Daughters
'Had Demons'
Jan 11, 2008 7:21 AM CST

DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'

Mother, charged with murder; lived for months with bodies

(Newser) - A Washington, DC, woman accused of killing her four daughters admitted to police she had lived for months with their decomposing bodies. Banita Jacks told police that the girls died in their sleep, but told jail blockmates that she killed them because they were possessed by demons, the Washington Post...

Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays
Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays
Dec 6, 2007 2:25 PM CST

Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays

City won't give anti-homosexual group $1 lease on city property

(Newser) - Philadelphia will evict the Boy Scouts from a municipal building known as the group’s birthplace, citing its exclusion of gay members, the New York Times reports. The city requires renters to put nondiscriminatory language into leases; the BSA has fought the stipulation at the building where it's held the...

Nuns' Home Will Fund Priest Sex Abuse Payment

LA archdiocese, facing $660M settlement, issues eviction notice

(Newser) - The LA Archdiocese has notified three nuns that their Santa Barbara convent will be sold to help pay the $660 million settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests. They received only a letter requesting they vacate by year's end, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We're not even worth...

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