While lawmakers continue to address the national foreclosure crisis, some recently evicted West Roxbury residents are taking matters into their own hands.
On Dec. 23, protestors from the nonprofit housing organization City Life gathered outside a recently foreclosed home on Zeller Street to support the Coynes, a middle-income family of nine who re-occupied the home despite being evicted earlier in the month. Under the guidance of City Life workers, the Coynes are now home for the holidays, and are demanding banks reevaluate their property value in order to attain what they consider a reasonable mortgage rate.
“Unfortunately, we see families in this situation all too often,” said City Life director of organizing Steve Meacham. “About 100 families a week come to us at different stages of the foreclosure and eviction process asking for help.”
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WTG TAKE BACK YOUR HOUSE, GOOD FOR YOU. Who the hell are they to tell us to get out of our houses, when they could HELP us stay anytime, they feel like it and make a little bundle from the TREASURY, but no, they’d rather contribute to the growing stat of HOMELESS CHILDREN in MASSACHUSETTS.
TAKE ‘EM ON and COULD OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL REVISIT LITTON LOANS SOON?