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Supporters say “Come to court, Support Rosemary Williams, stop foreclosures”
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For Release: 5-24-2009
Supporters say “Come to court, Support Rosemary Williams, stop foreclosures”
Foreclosure and eviction trial for Rosemary Williams set to start Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 26:
8:00 AM: News Conference & Speak-Out: Support Rosemary –
Stop the Foreclosures
5th Street Plaza, Hennepin County Government Center Downtown Minneapolis
9:00 AM: Foreclosure trial set to start in Hennepin County District Court,
judge & room number TBA.
Rosemary Williams, a long-time resident of Minneapolis' Central neighborhood, has won wide community support in her struggle to prevent her mortgage company from foreclosing on her home and evicting her.
On Tuesday, May 26, Ms. Williams will go to court seeking an end to the foreclosure process. This is one of the first legal battles against a foreclosure in Minnesota.
Ms. Williams is contesting the foreclosure and eviction on several grounds. Hundreds of neighbors, friends and community members have signed legal requests to intervene in her case. Her supporters argue that her eviction, which will lead to another vacant home, would create a public nuisance for the entire neighborhood.
Stef Yorek, of the MN Coalition for a People's Bailout, said, “Low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people of color have been the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. Foreclosures and evictions destabilize communities, we need to keep people in their homes, not create more empty houses and more homelessness.”
Cheri Honkala, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign said, “We are urging people to come to court on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with Rosemary Williams and her fight against foreclosure and eviction.”
Honkala went on to say, “This case must send a message to the banks and mortgage companies, as well as the politicians: Stop the foreclosures, working people and low-income people need a bailout, not the banks!”
Several organizations and coalitions have been acting to build support for the court case and to speak out for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
For more information:
--MN Coalition for a People's Bailout
Linden Gawboy: 612-296-5649 or Stef Yorek: 612-823-4841
--Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
Cheri Honkala: 267-439-8419 or 612-821-2364
For Release: 5-24-2009
Supporters say “Come to court, Support Rosemary Williams, stop foreclosures”
Foreclosure and eviction trial for Rosemary Williams set to start Tuesday, May 26
Tuesday, May 26:
8:00 AM: News Conference & Speak-Out: Support Rosemary –
Stop the Foreclosures
5th Street Plaza, Hennepin County Government Center Downtown Minneapolis
9:00 AM: Foreclosure trial set to start in Hennepin County District Court,
judge & room number TBA.
Rosemary Williams, a long-time resident of Minneapolis' Central neighborhood, has won wide community support in her struggle to prevent her mortgage company from foreclosing on her home and evicting her.
On Tuesday, May 26, Ms. Williams will go to court seeking an end to the foreclosure process. This is one of the first legal battles against a foreclosure in Minnesota.
Ms. Williams is contesting the foreclosure and eviction on several grounds. Hundreds of neighbors, friends and community members have signed legal requests to intervene in her case. Her supporters argue that her eviction, which will lead to another vacant home, would create a public nuisance for the entire neighborhood.
Stef Yorek, of the MN Coalition for a People's Bailout, said, “Low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people of color have been the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. Foreclosures and evictions destabilize communities, we need to keep people in their homes, not create more empty houses and more homelessness.”
Cheri Honkala, Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign said, “We are urging people to come to court on Tuesday morning to show solidarity with Rosemary Williams and her fight against foreclosure and eviction.”
Honkala went on to say, “This case must send a message to the banks and mortgage companies, as well as the politicians: Stop the foreclosures, working people and low-income people need a bailout, not the banks!”
Several organizations and coalitions have been acting to build support for the court case and to speak out for a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
For more information:
--MN Coalition for a People's Bailout
Linden Gawboy: 612-296-5649 or Stef Yorek: 612-823-4841
--Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
Cheri Honkala: 267-439-8419 or 612-821-2364
Labels: Cheri Honkala, Economic Justice, Eviction, Foreclosure, GMAC, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, MN Coalition for a Peoples Bailout states, MN PPEHRC, PPEHRC, Rosemary Williams
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