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NEWS ABOUT: squatting

squatting stories: 4 news summaries

Wells Fargo Fires Exec Who Squatted at Malibu Pad

Senior VP Cheronda Guyton used house that belonged to Madoff victims

Sep 14, 09 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wells Fargo said today it has fired the executive who turned a seized California beachfront mansion into a personal playground, the Los Angeles Times reports. Neighbors say they saw Cheronda Guyton staying in the $12 million Malibu Colony property, which had been turned over to the bank by a couple... More »

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Wells Fargo • Ponzi scheme • Malibu Colony • bank fraud • executives • squatting • Bernard Madoff • Cheronda Guyton

 Squatters Find Refuge 
 in Foreclosed Homes 

Activists move homeless families into bank-owned properties

Apr 10, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advocacy groups around the country frustrated by the lack of affordable housing and the surplus of empty properties are moving homeless families into foreclosed houses, reports the New York Times reports. Groups like Miami's Take Back the Land screen "tenants" for mental illness and drug problems and require them... More »

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foreclosure • homeless • vacant homes • squatting

(Newser) - In the middle of one of London’s ritziest neighborhoods, a dozen young artists are lounging in the scantly lit living room of a $33 million mansion, eating curry made from ingredients found in the trash. The current recession has reignited England’s passion for squatting, the Washington Post... More »

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London • Britain • squatting

(Newser) - A beautiful apartment for sale in Stockholm comes complete with a balcony that overlooks one of the city's trendiest districts—and the current owner's ornery stepfather. The man is defying a court order by refusing to move out, but that's not stopping his stepdaughter from selling the residence, reports The ... More »

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real estate • Sweden • Stockholm • apartment • stepfather • squatting

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