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MAAPL/WAFT Clinics Open to All Facing Foreclosure
MAAPL and The Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team (WAFT), a MAAPL member group, gather every Monday night from 6-8 pm for pre-auction clinics, now happening online via Zoom.
For anyone who is pre-Foreclosure Auction, this is your chance to learn your case and start filing things to potentially forever stave off a foreclosure.Please join us via Zoom on Monday nights from 6-8 pm. Click this link to join the meeting.Meeting ID: 824 8313 2035
Passcode: 154725
Participant code: 304621MAAPL Returning Fighters! Meeting via ZoomThis meeting happens every Thursday from 6-7 pm. Click this link to join the meeting.
MAAPL
The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) is a coalition of approximately 70 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.
Join us in the fight against predatory and fraudulent lending practices, help keep families in their homes, and support the passage of bills to protect homeowners and neighborhoods throughout Massachusetts!
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Author Archives: MAAPL
New non-emergency MA Court cases postponed to June 1/July 1
The SJC Court Order for the MA Courts, given the continuing COVID-19 crisis, was posted on Tuesday April 28. The specific orders by each court division have not yet posted, so MAAPL will amend this information once we get the … Continue reading
VICTORY! Gov. Baker Signs Moratorium on Foreclosures and Evictions into Law!
In historic legislation signed by the Governor yesterday, we got a blanket Moratorium on foreclosures and all evictions, except where the occupant has committed a criminal act that endangered others. This law appears to be in effect for 120 days, … Continue reading
Action Alert: Make 3 Calls NOW to Correct and Pass Emergency Moratorium Bill!
PLEASE REPOST EVERYWHERE! Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending www.maapl.info MAAPL: 3 Calls NOW! Monday, April 7th Massachusetts Senate must Correct AND Pass the Emergency Moratorium on Foreclosures and Evictions Bill Your voice gets results! Call your state Senator TODAY! Ask … Continue reading
Update: Some Banks/Landlords Try to Push Evictions Through District Court
A Bank or Landlord seeking to avoid delay by using District Court instead of Housing Court will not avoid the required delay for prosecuting an eviction case. It has been brought to our attention that entities seeking to evict people … Continue reading
Clarifying Governor Baker’s remarks of 3/25/2020
Auctions and evictions are still not stopped. On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Governor Baker announced that the Massachusetts Division of Banks is telling Massachusetts banks and credit unions to stop all foreclosure auctions for 60 days. Of course, the vast … Continue reading
Action Alert: Evictions in MA Are Still Happening, But You Can Help Stop Them!
PLEASE RE-POST WIDELY Friends, Until there is an actual, specific announcement for the state of MA that foreclosures and evictions have been halted, please share the following information as broadly as possible: Forcible eviction in MA can only occur based … Continue reading
National Foreclosure and Eviction News: Updates from MAAPL
Known as of March 17, 2020: Foreclosures and Evictions have NOT stopped nationally… but there’s good news for those with FHA mortgages! (and maybe Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… ) While Trump did not stop all foreclosures and evictions across … Continue reading
Urgent: Call Today to Halt Evictions in MA During Coronavirus Crisis!
MAAPL Call-In NOW!: March 16th (or as soon as you do it!) Halt Foreclosures & Evictions during COVID-19 Emergency Your voice gets results! Call your state Representative & Senator. Ask each to support HD.4935 & Halt foreclosures & evictions during … Continue reading
Action Alert: MAAPL Legislative Call-In Day This Friday, 1/31/2020!
UPDATE: Keep calling your State Legislators! Monday, Feb. 3rd is Call-In Day #2. Make another call today—Your Voice Gets Results! PLEASE RE-POST THIS MESSAGE BROADLY: EMAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER — when we pour calls into the State House it has real … Continue reading
Can you find the forgeries and other fraudulent documents banks are using to take Massachusetts homes?
Massachusetts home foreclosures — still at historic levels! Want some fun? Can you spot the forged signatures on actual mortgage Notes and documents (PDF) that banks are using to foreclose on Massachusetts families? If anyone you know faces foreclosure, it’s … Continue reading