[Ob-media-multi] Fwd: [Ob-media] video profiles on city life tenants? / OB media coverage of tomorrow's event?

Farhad Ebrahimi yahktoe at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 12:29:31 EST 2011


Hi y'all.  Just getting this off the main list so that it doesn't get lost.

Best,
-- Farhad


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From: Katie Gradowski <katie.gradowski at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:24 AM
Subject: [Ob-media] video profiles on city life tenants? / OB media
coverage of tomorrow's event?
To: Liam Leahy <liam at occupyboston.org>
Cc: ob-media at lists.occupyboston.org


Hey Liam!  (and media!)

This Friday (tomorrow), there will be a reoccupation of a home at 20
Fowler Street in Dorchester by CLVU.   As part of it, a number of
tenants who have successfully battled foreclosure will be speaking
about their experiences.   It's going to be a very powerful event --
mainly focused on City Life, with a brief statement from OB -- and it
would be awesome to profile these folks on the website. Is anyone from
media available to go to this tomorrow?   There's a press release
goign out shortly, and Steve is writing an occupier article on it, but
it would be awesome to have some additional coverage on our website.

Also, Liam - Would it be possible to set up some time for video
interviews, either tomorrow or Saturday, to profile some of these
folks herald-style over the upcoming week?   I'm going to be out of
town this week but can help set this up over the weekend, if that's a
possibility for you.

Details below!

Best,

Katie

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Home for the Holidays:   City Life Press Conference and Tenant Speak-out
Friday, 12 p.m., 40 Fowler Street in Dorchester

On October 1, members of City Life / Vida Urbana occupied a vacant
building and hung a giant banner on the front of the building with the
word "Occupy."   After taking over the space, they discovered that the
Deutsche Bank foreclosure had been faulty.  CL/ VU found the old
owner, who has agreed to rent to a foreclosed property owner who
earlier this year was evicted by Aurora Bank in Hyde Park.    This
Friday at noon, City Life / Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenants
Association, with support from Occupy Boston, will be holding a press
conference for families who have won their homes back through a
combination of public pressure, legal defense, and alternative
financing.

The press conference will introduce the St. Simon family who will move
into 40 Fowler, as well as testimonials from members who have
successfully gotten their homes back about foreclosure.   As part of
the event, City Life will be decorating their annual justice tree, and
has invited members from Occupy Boston hang tiny tents and speak about
next steps and plans for the future.   Join us as we honor these
families, celebrate the power of collective organizing, and outline
next steps in our ongoing work with City Life.


Occupy our Homes:  Rally and March against HUD eviction requirements
Monday, 12 p.m., 10 Causeway St.

Occupy Boston will join City Life / Vida Urbana  for a rally 10
Causeway St., to oppose HUD requirements that commercial banks evict
foreclosure victims who have FHA-insured mortgagers before the
property is transferred to HUD.  Some context:   When FHA has insured
a bank loan, the lender will get fully reimbursed even if the loan is
twice the real value of the home. In response, HUD assumes control of
the property. However HUD has been demanding “vacant conveyance”. This
policy forces the foreclosing lender to evict in order to get their
insurance, even when they could otherwise afford to stay in the
property.

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