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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.
Thank you for your generous support of our work!Join the Next MAAPL Info Call!
Fighting foreclosure (past or present)? Join our next Info Call to learn how to defend your legal rights!
Info Calls will happen every Sunday at 5 pm until further notice.
To join the next call, dial (667) 770-1242, and use the code 9848314 when prompted.
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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Action Alert: MAAPL Call-In NOW—Extend the National Eviction Moratorium!
MAAPL Call-In NOW! Tuesday, June 22 (Keep calling until June 25th) The CDC must extend the national Eviction Moratorium! Your voice gets results—CALL NOW! Call the CDC — and your Congressional Representative & US Senators! Ask them to extend the … Continue reading
Join the MAAPL Team! MAAPL Seeks Paralegal/Project Manager
Help support the historic movement of pro se homeowners and tenants fighting illegal foreclosure and eviction in the Massachusetts Court System! The Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) is a nonprofit coalition of 70+ member and endorsing organizations: housing counseling … Continue reading
Take Action! Nov. 17th MAAPL Call-In Day to the MA Senate
Get Anti-Foreclosure Language in the State Budget! Now is the time to push for Justice! Your voice gets results! Call your state Senator TODAY! Also call Senate President Karen Spilka (617-722-1500); Senate Ways & Means Chairman Rodrigues (617-722-1114) and … Continue reading
MAAPL is Hiring an Organizer, Could It Be You?
MAAPL, the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending, is seeking an energetic Statewide Organizer with a strong background in community organizing and legislative lobbying (organizing on anti-foreclosure or housing eviction issues a significant plus) for a temporary position averaging 3⁄4 time; … Continue reading
Fighting Massachusetts SJC Travesty-of-a-Decision Against Alton King Continues!
Please continue signing and sharing widely our petition to the SJC! The SJC clerk gets an update every 24 hours of new signatures on the petition, so this is a very visible public display of pressure, and thousands of signatures … Continue reading
Great News: Governor Baker Extends Foreclosure/Eviction Moratorium
Governor Baker has extended the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for another two months until October 17, 2020! The bill that MAAPL worked to pass at the end of April allowed the Governor to extend the moratorium by executive order. … Continue reading
URGENT: Sign MAAPL’s Petition to Reverse the Alton King Decision!
Over 2,500 people have signed MAAPL’s petition to reverse the SJC’s Bank of NY Mellon, as Trustee vs. Alton King decision—we need thousands to stand up against this injustice! Please share this widely and sign today! A truly reprehensible decision … Continue reading
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
Action Alert: SJC Erases Constitutional Rights of MA Homeowners—We Must Fight Back!
In a Reversal of Its Entire History, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has used its power to erase an entire sector of our state’s residents from protection under our constitution: homeowners who have been declared “foreclosed” even though every … Continue reading
Summary of the Most Recent COVID-Related Court Orders
MAAPL Coordinator, Grace Ross, has provided an update to the COVID-related court information posted on the MAAPL website. Her summary of this information is posted below: Massachusetts courts will remain physically closed until July 13 and will reopen in two … Continue reading