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About MAAPL

The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) is a coalition of over 60 housing counseling agencies, legal services groups, social service agencies, and community-based social action groups that have joined together to address the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts. MAAPL collects and distributes timely information on the foreclosure crisis and its effects to the public and to its member groups, drafts and supports legislation that provides important protections to homeowners and tenants facing foreclosure and eviction, documents the impact of the foreclosure crisis on local communities, networks with related organizations throughout the Commonwealth, and provides tools and information to help people navigate the legal system and advocate on their own behalf more effectively when challenging a foreclosure or eviction in court

Press Conference, 5/6/24: Study Reveals Illegal Home Mortgage Scam Pattern

On May 6, 2024, the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) convened a press conference and release of a study that reveals a scam affecting homeowners across Massachusetts who are facing foreclosure or have been foreclosed on. The event took … Continue reading

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Press Release: A Win! MA Homeowners Continue to Push for Equal Access to Our Courts

On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) released a statement to the media announcing the winning of an appeal by Karen Merritt, a pro se litigant seeking equal access to the court system in her … Continue reading

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Press Release: Homeowners Excited to Show SJC Irrefutable Evidence of their Rights to Access our Courts

On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, homeowners Karen Merritt of Rehoboth and Jay Lively of Falmouth issued a press release, stating, “We are very excited to provide to our top court in Massachusetts the legal history irrefutably showing the Court that … Continue reading

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Press Advisory: 1/16/24 – Homeowners Speak Out: Demand MA SJC Break its 47 Year Silence

Join MAAPL homeowner foreclosure-fighters across Massachusetts on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 as they hold a series of press conferences across the Commonwealth to demand that the MA Supreme Judicial Court break its silence on the constitutional provisions and laws that … Continue reading

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Support MAAPL This Holiday Season!

As the giving season approaches, please remember the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL): we are situated to reverse not only the largest foreclosure crisis in U.S. history (with a massive land and wealth transfer to the uber-wealthiest) but also … Continue reading

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Press Release: Homeowners Speak Out: Preforeclosure Mediation Needed to Stop Predatory Foreclosures

Download Press Release ( PDF ) On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, members of the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) gathered at the State House with supporters and homeowners from across the Commonwealth to give testimony before the Joint Committee … Continue reading

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EMERGENCY ACTION: Stop Unlicensed Warehouse/Mover from Selling Alton’s Stuff!

Calling All Foreclosure-Fighters!!! They are trying to make an example of Alton King again. The statute requires that a warehouse cannot auction your possessions for at least 6 months after they take them at a supposed eviction. It has been … Continue reading

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Press Release: Will Judge Fields uphold the Constitution and his own orders for King and We the People?

Download this Press Release ( PDF ) Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending www.maapl.info Contact: Grace Ross, 617-291-5591 For immediate release, June 23, 2023 Will Judge Fields uphold the Constitution and his own orders for King and We the People? Friday, … Continue reading

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Press Release: Homeowners and Their Supporters Reveal 150 Years of Predatory Lending

Download the full Press Release here ( PDF ) Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending www.maapl.info                      maaplinfo@gmail.com For Immediate Release: 6/20/2023 Contact: Grace Ross – MAAPL coordinator, (617) 291-5591  HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS REVEAL 150 YEARS OF PREDATORY DISCRIMINATORY LENDING … Continue reading

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