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Report confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisis

A powerful report on Detroit’s foreclosure crisis was published in the Detroit News June 25-27. (See tinyurl.com/ncymc9f.) The articles were…

July 2, 2015

Detroiters confront federal housing chief

Detroit — Mel Watt, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), was confronted by protesters as he convened a…

October 10, 2014

Jerome Jackson, warrior on wheels

Detroit -- Jerome Jackson, 58, an activist in the fight for social justice, died on May 11 after battling cancer.…

June 13, 2014

Mortgage crisis continues

A new report documents how millions of people across the U.S. continue to suffer the effects of the housing crisis…

May 22, 2014

Detroit people’s assembly to challenge banks’ rule

Sept. 30 — Activists in this beleaguered city are in the final days of organizing for an International People’s Assembly…

October 2, 2013

Foreclosure struggles escalate in U.S. cities

Anti-foreclosure activists and foreclosed homeowners escalated their struggle against the federal government during the week of May 20. In Washington,…

June 2, 2013

Foreclosure defense movement stalls evictions

Coldwater, Mich., a town of 10,000 in the western half of the state, is no place one would expect to…

May 9, 2013

Judge stops eviction of homeowner with disabilities

Detroit — S. Baxter Jones appeared before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Walter Shapero on April 4 in a desperate attempt to…

April 4, 2013

Stop the eviction of S. Baxter Jones, disabled former school teacher

March 14 — Detroit Eviction Defense and the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs released the…

March 14, 2013

Detroit rally hits back at government foreclosures and evictions

Detroit — Anti-foreclosure and anti-eviction activists and victimized homeowners from across the Detroit metropolitan area gathered at the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO…

February 18, 2013