Action Now Demands Halt to Foreclosure Evictions
The multi-issue grassroots community organization Action Now held a press conference outside of Sheriff Tom Darts office downtown to demand that Dart put a moratorium on all foreclosure evictions effective immediately. Action Now invited Sheriff Dart to rally with them because they admired the strong stands hes taken in the past when families were being wrongfully evicted due to foreclosures. We only carry out lawful evictions that have been approved by a judge. When evidence is presented to our office of specific improper evictions, we have a strong history of quickly acting on it, Liane Jackson, Press Secretary for the Cook County Sheriff s Office said in an emailed statement to the Citizen. The group took the action because of
recent announcements by JP Morgan Chase,Bank of America and GMAC Mortgage that they are halting foreclosure proceedings
because of alleged problems with their legal practices. Recently, employees of lending institutions have testified that they signed hundreds of affidavits daily for foreclosure cases without allegedly reading or verifying the information. These faulty mortgage foreclosures have been forcing Chicago families out of their homes and leaving a wake of vacant buildings that bring crime to communities. Action Now member and foreclosure victim Marilyn Smith said in a press release, Banks are illegally foreclosing on homeowners and it must stop now!Families are being forced out of their homes everyday and it is ruining our communities. In our neighborhoods there are several vacant homes on one block, which increases crime and illegal activity.Now we hear that banks cannot even prove that they own the mortgage note for the homes that they are foreclosing on! Banks are
committing widespread foreclosure fraud and it is time that they are held accountable. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart must halt all foreclosure evictions now until lenders can prove that they have the right to foreclose, she said.
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