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NEWS ABOUT: eviction

eviction stories: 12 news summaries

 French Roust Migrant 'Jungle' 

Squatters' camp near Calais was home to hundreds of Afghans seeking asylum

Sep 22, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - French riot police stormed in today to clear an immigrant camp known as "the Jungle," the Guardian reports. The camp in woodlands outside Calais was home to hundreds of asylum seekers living in squalid conditions. Most were men and boys from Afghanistan seeking to cross to Britain on... More »

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France • illegal immigration • immigrant • refugee • eviction

 Marshals Seize 
 Ruth Madoff's 
 Penthouse 

She 'left voluntarily': lawyer

Jul 2, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Marshals seized Ruth Madoff’s $7 million Manhattan penthouse today after she made a deal to give it up last week, the New York Post reports. Madoff “left voluntarily and in an orderly manner to which all sides agreed,” said her lawyer. “We’re not here... More »

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New York • Manhattan • eviction • Ponzi scheme • U.S. Marshals Service • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

Protesters Rip Manhattan Foreclosure Auction

They demand moratorium on evictions

Mar 9, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Yorkers protested an auction yesterday of hundreds of foreclosed homes, claiming the forced evictions plaguing the nation in this economic downturn are illegal, and demanding a moratorium. "Banks get bailout out, people get thrown out," read signs held aloft by demonstrators." Their rage was not directed... More »

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Wall Street • New York • foreclosure • protests • eviction • financial crisis

Freddie Mac to Let People Stay in Foreclosed Houses

Rental program aims
to stop evictions

Jan 30, 09 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Freddie Mac has forged a first-of-its-kind plan to allow homeowners and tenants to remain in foreclosed homes, USA Today reports. Residents will be charged a market rental rate on leases renewable monthly after their homes have been acquired by the lender. Freddie Mac expects the program to save thousands of... More »

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foreclosure • mortgage • rent • Freddie Mac • Fannie Mae • eviction • homeowners

Soldiers Drag Jewish Settlers From Disputed Hebron Building

Palestinian home attacked in revenge

Dec 4, 08 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of masked Jewish settlers vandalized a Palestinian house in Hebron today, just after Israeli soldiers dragged 250 Jewish settlers out of another disputed building, Haaretz reports. The move against the settlers was the first forced eviction in the West Bank in two years. Twenty-five people were injured in the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • eviction • Arab Israeli conflict • settlers • Jewish settlers

Chicago Sheriff 
Halts Evictions

Lawman declares
that throwing renters out of foreclosed
properties is unjust

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... More »

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Chicago • housing market • foreclosure • eviction • sheriff

As Foreclosures Rise, Fraud Cases Balloon

Equity scammers take advantage of ignorant, desperate owners

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... More »

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fraud • crime • foreclosure • mortgage • equity • equity stripper • eviction • banks

ANALYSIS

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

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

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... More »

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Alaska • FBI • IRS • Ted Stevens • eviction • negative campaigning • Mark Begich

Squatters, Scammers Move In on Foreclosed Homes

Increasingly, abandoned homes are being used for nefarious activity

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... More »

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foreclosure • eviction • housing crisis • subprime crisis • mortgage defaults

DC Woman:
4 Daughters
'Had Demons'

Mother, charged with murder; lived for
months with bodies

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... More »

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Washington DC • murder • demonic possession • stabbing • eviction • Banita Jacks

Philly Boots Scouts Over Gays

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

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... More »

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

Nuns' Home Will Fund Priest Sex Abuse Payment

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

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... More »

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Los Angeles • sexual abuse • nuns • priest • archdiocese • Santa Barbara • settlement • eviction

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