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Chicago Sheriff 
Halts Evictions

Lawman declares
that throwing renters out of foreclosed
properties is unjust

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Oct 9, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chicago lawman is going to stop enforcing foreclosure evictions because they’re unfair to renters, the Chicago Tribune reports. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart has a huge and growing eviction list but is refusing to carry out any more mortgage-foreclosure evictions until lenders first figure out who’s actually living at foreclosed properties. Foreclosure evictions in Cook County have more than doubled since 2006. More »

More about:  Chicago • housing market • foreclosure • eviction • sheriff

As Foreclosures Rise, Fraud Cases Balloon

Equity scammers take advantage of ignorant, desperate owners

MSNBC MSNBC Sep 22, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Running parallel with spiking foreclosure rates, so-called “foreclosure rescue scams” have reached epic proportions, and many state and local agencies aren't equipped to fight back, MSNBC reports. Companies that promise to help floundering property owners keep their homes and avoid the stigma of foreclosure are instead milking them for tens of thousands of dollars, and further damaging their credit scores. More »

More about:  crime • foreclosure • fraud • mortgage • banks • eviction • equity • equity stripper

ANALYSIS

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

GOP incumbent Ted Stevens has a rough-and-tumble challenge in Mark Begich

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal , as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends and of the federal search of the Republican's home—and Ted has pushed right back. More »

More about:  Alaska • FBI • negative campaigning • Ted Stevens • IRS • Mark Begich • eviction

Squatters, Scammers Move In on Foreclosed Homes

Increasingly, abandoned homes are being used for nefarious activity

Reuters Reuters May 19, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Add a new twist to the housing crisis: Squatters are increasingly using homes that have been abandoned for months, and con artists are scamming banks in “cash for keys” deals or luring people into “leasing” homes that actually are foreclosures sitting empty, Reuters reports. Authorities can have a hard time proving the squatters aren't renters—and get little help from foreclosed-on owners. More »

More about:  subprime crisis • housing crisis • foreclosure • mortgage defaults • eviction

DC Woman:
4 Daughters
'Had Demons'

Mother, charged with murder; lived for
months with bodies

Washington Post Washington Post Jan 11, 08 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A Washington, DC, woman accused of killing her four daughters admitted to police she had lived for months with their decomposing bodies. Banita Jacks told police that the girls died in their sleep, but told jail blockmates that she killed them because they were possessed by demons, the Washington Post reports. Investigators estimate the girls died as long ago as last May. More »

More about:  murder • Washington DC • stabbing • eviction • demonic possession

Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays

City won't give anti-homosexual group $1 lease on city property

New York Times New York Times Dec 6, 07 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Philadelphia will evict the Boy Scouts from a municipal building known as the group’s birthplace, citing its exclusion of gay members, the New York Times reports. The city requires renters to put nondiscriminatory language into leases; the BSA has fought the stipulation at the building where it's held the $1-a-year lease since 1928. A deadline passed this week; eviction is set for June 1. More »

More about:  US Supreme Court • gay rights • Philadelphia • eviction • Boy Scouts of America

Nuns' Home Will Fund Priest Sex Abuse Payment

LA archdiocese, facing $660M settlement, issues eviction notice

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Sep 7, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The LA Archdiocese has notified three nuns that their Santa Barbara convent will be sold to help pay the $660 million settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests. They received only a letter requesting they vacate by year's end, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We're not even worth a phone call,” said the 69-year-old superior. More »

More about:  Los Angeles • sexual abuse • settlement • priest • Santa Barbara • nuns • eviction

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