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Please help support our work to end the foreclosure crisis and protect homes, neighborhoods and communities with your generous, tax-deductible donation.
If you prefer to give by check, you can send your gift (make check payable to MAAPL) to MAAPL, c/o Grace Ross, 10 Oxford St. #2R, Worcester, MA 01609.
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Info Calls will happen every Sunday at 5 pm until further notice.
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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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Category Archives: Current News
MAAPL and BOWH File Amicus Brief in “Alton King” Reconsideration Case
On July 14, 2020, MAAPL and Bring Our Wealth Home! (BOWH) submitted an amicus brief in the reconsideration case Bank of New York Mellon… v. Alton King Jr. and Terri A. Mayes-King. This case, recently decided by the MA Supreme … Continue reading
Update: MA State Court Deadlines Postponed Until July 1
MAAPL Coordinator Grace Ross has issued an update to our previous post on Massachusetts state court cases being postponed. Court case deadlines have been postponed for another month until July 1, 2020 for all non-emergency or lower-priority matters. Today, May … Continue reading
More Protection from Foreclosure for Fannie/Freddie Mortgagors!
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has extended its moratorium on foreclosures and evictions for those with Fannie and Freddie mortgages through June 30th, 2020. On May 14th, 2020, as per its press release: “…to help borrowers and renters who … 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
Breaking News: SJC to Hear Homeowner Pleas to Stop Worcester Housing Court Injustice
Note: This hearing will be livestreamed at https://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/ Please join us in viewing this historic moment. On 12/6/2018, Homeowners/Tenants Argue at Supreme Judicial Court for End to Injustice and Bullying by Worcester Housing Court in Eviction Cases After Illegal Forelcosure … Continue reading
Exposed! Worcester Housing Court Favors Banks Over Foreclosed Homeowners and Tenants
On July 19, 2018, members of the Worcester Anti Foreclosure Team (WAFT) served the Worcester Housing Court shocking evidence of the widespread practice of its Judges accepting ex parte (secret) communications from attorneys of the foreclosing banks, securitized trusts, and some third … Continue reading
MAAPL Introduces Anti-Foreclosure Legislation for 2017
Anti-foreclosure activists celebrate the filing of nine pieces of legislation by the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL), which together offer a comprehensive resolution to the continuing rate of foreclosures, year after year, and their ever-increasing cumulative impact on the … Continue reading
MAAPL Releases PSA About 12/30/16 Deadline to File
UPDATE: Feb. 23, 2017 is expected NEW deadline to file at the Registry of Deeds. If your home was foreclosed on before 2014, and you want to get your home back—or receive FULL restitution—you need to file an Affidavit at … Continue reading
Free Foreclosure Defense Clinic on Sunday, Nov. 20th
Mira traduccion abajo… Ever had a foreclosure on your home in Massachusetts? You have 20 years to fight, and you have an opportunity this Sunday to preserve those 20 years! Learn the new developments in winning your home back (or … Continue reading
Grace Ross Receives NAACP Award, Starts Fundraising Drive
MAAPL is deeply pleased to announce that the New England Area Conference of the NAACP is awarding Grace Ross–our able coordinator–their highest honor: the Chaney Goodman Schwerner Award for lifelong achievement! The NAACP didn’t just select Grace for her long-term, unyielding commitment to … Continue reading