Category Archives: Take Action!

Information about upcoming hearings, protests, rallies, and other ways you can take action to keep families in their homes and fight against the foreclosure crisis.

Thursday, Nov. 15: MAAPL Workshop on Reclaiming Foreclosed Homes

Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending Presents RECLAIMING FORECLOSED HOME/APARTMENT WORKSHOP Homeowners and tenants… Are you in foreclosure or living in a foreclosed property? YOU NEED TO COME TO THIS FREE WORKSHOP! We will be joined by legal advocates who will… … Continue reading

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MAAPL Press Release – New Provision in ‘Compromise Bill’ Harms Homeowners

Analysis: New Provision in ‘Compromise Bill’ Harms Homeowners, Victims of Illegal Foreclosure Additions create major barriers to negotiations through mail-only process, bar homeowners from reclaiming homes illegally seized and sold to third parties. BEACON HILL – New provisions in the … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Call Governor Patrick Now!

Call Governor Patrick Now: Dangerous Foreclosure Bill Removes Rights Provisions – He Must Act! Please call the Governor today through Monday, July 30th! The Foreclosure Bill as passed has almost none of the changes MAAPL and its members have fought … Continue reading

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Action Alert: Join Us Tomorrow on the State House Steps!

Imagine… No more foreclosures, vacancies, lost homes, destroyed neighborhoods or plummeting property values. Instead… Your lender’s authorized representative must negotiate with you in person; They have to come to the negotiating table and bring all your papers; And they must … Continue reading

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Urgent Action – 6/24/2012

Both the Massachusetts Senate and House have passed versions of the Foreclosure Bill (H.4087/S.2298). NOW we need the best of both versions to come out of the negotiations of their conference committee–especially Mandatory Mediation. WE NEED YOU TO CALL YOUR … Continue reading

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URGENT ACTION NEEDED – Vote in Senate on Wednesday, June 6th!

Please Call your State Senators on Tuesday, June 5th to support 3 critical amendments to the Foreclosure bill that was just voted out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee today! Legislation that includes these amendments would really make a … Continue reading

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Join us for the MAAPL Legislative Briefing on Foreclosure Impacts in Massachusetts!

MAAPL Legislative Briefing Tuesday, January 31, 2012 from 10:00 am to Noon Room B-2, Massachusetts State House Sponsored by the Joint Committee on Housing 44,100 Massachusetts foreclosures since 2007 = 88,000 households threatened. Our state economy loses $4.1B MONTHLY from … Continue reading

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