Stop the Eviction of Bertha and William Garrett!

**socks_mahoney** · January-31-12, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

Okay so they have six kids and keep thier home too hot, but can't afford to pay thier bills??

If this was a priority to the family, why have none of the six kids been able to pay off what is owed? Don't any of them have jobs? Six kids should be able to pool thier money and pay this off in no time.

Why is the heat on so high? I keep my heat at 66 degrees and use the extra money to pay off my mortgage.

If you would read, you would note that the family tried to purchase the house at the banks selling cost of $12,000. After they raised the money, the bank backed out of the deal and stopped answering their phones.

No one is asking for the house to be given to the family for free. Just for the bank to negotiate in good conciseness in a way that keeps the family in the home and the copper scrappers out. Also, all the homes around the home in question will maintain what little value they have left.

For all the posts on this site about the nefarious effects of vacant home I'm surprised to see so many people itching to throw this old couple out.

Where is your heart Detroit Yes?

**Downriviera** · January-31-12, 08:02 PM

The banks accepted TARP funds to help people like this. By not helping people the banks/servicers are basically breaking a contract. This is how the attorneys at Moratorium Now are winning most of these cases. Thanks socks, and anyone else who volunteer their time to help.

**ridgeabilly** · January-31-12, 10:46 PM

THE EVICTION OF BERTHA AND WILLIAM GARRETT HAS BEEN STOPPED!
The Garretts have been victorious in their struggle to keep their
home. The bank agreed to let the Garretts purchase their home for the
previously agreed upon price of $12,000. The contract has yet to be
signed. We must maintain our vigilance.

Supporters are encouraged to be at the home of the Garretts by 7 am
to prevent the confront any appearance of a dumpster. Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company has gone back on it's word in the past. But a
realtor at O'Conner Real Estate Development, the firm that apparently
wanted so badly to list the property as possible, also assured us that the eviction has been called off.

**Scottathew** · January-31-12, 11:12 PM

It's sad, but you have to pay your mortgage, or be ousted.

Perhaps a renting situation would be much better and cheaper than the current mortgage.

**ridgeabilly** · February-01-12, 08:04 AM

Housing is a Right

Today the federal government, through its takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac along with the Federal Housing Authority, owns at least 75 of all mortgage loans. ever, rather than utilizing this federal takeover of the housing market to benefit homeowners and renters, the federal government is continuing to bail out the banks, paying the banks full value for the fraudulent and predatory loans which they created, and then throwing millions of homeowners into the streets.

It’s time for the federal government to bail out the people and not the banks. President Obama should immediately declare a two year moratorium on all foreclosures and evictions, during which times the loans could be renegotiated to their real value, with the banks eating the losses for the fraud they practiced. Rather than selling off government owned housing to investors and sharks, the government should train our youth to rebuild these homes and reoccupy them with the millions of homeless and unemployed.

Fight or Starve

In the 1930’s, as direct result of the mass struggles of the unemployed and unions, 25 states implemented Moratoriums on Foreclosures. The Michigan Moratorium Act outlawed foreclosures for 5 years. In addition, the federal WPA, Works Progress Administration, put 8 million people to work, building schools, highways, bridges and dams which are still functioning today. It was people hitting the streets in the millions that won these victories. It’s time to revive that movement to guarantee our rights to jobs and housing, and to demand that President Obama represent the workers and poor who elected him, not the billionaires, bankers and generals who are setting policy today.