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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: Housing Court Refuses SJC Decision

Please join the Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) and homeowners fighting foreclosure before the Massachusetts Housing Court for a Press Conference on Wednesday, April 23rd at 12:30 pm. The Press Conference will take place in person in front of … Continue reading

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Homeowners Testify: Justice for us could bail out the state!

April 15, 2025, Massachusetts State House, Room A1, Boston, MA – Homeowners dominated the testimony for a breakthrough piece of legislation at a hearing of the state legislature’s Financial Services Committee. 20 years into the historic foreclosure crisis, homeowners spoke … Continue reading

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Press Conference: MA Housing Courts Deny Due Process

Press Conference: MA Housing Courts Suspend All Due Process Rules for Evictions – and Their Actions Really Mean the Stripping of All Rights The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL), with its local Worcester affiliate, announced on January 6, 2025 … Continue reading

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Press Conference: Homeowners Expose MA Courts’ Suspension of Due Process Rules

On Wednesday, December 11th, 2024, the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) held a press conference to release an extensive report enumerating over 46 areas of violations of rights and the history of the devolution over time of the enforcement … Continue reading

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Press Release: Homeowners and Advocates Reveal Evidence of Fraudulent Foreclosure Deeds

Press Release: Homeowners/homeowner advocates to reveal system-wide practice of major industry player in publicly verifiable invalid, alleged foreclosures by sale amounting to 10s of thousands of lost Massachusetts homes in last 20 years On September 5, 2024, in front of … Continue reading

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Join Homeowners Across MA to Fight Foreclosure in the Courts—and Win!

Facing Foreclosure? Been Foreclosed? We have PROOF that these are illegal! Join with us now for justice reversing the illegal foreclosures or winning full compensation. Mass. residents like you are finally winning in our courts. Take action—with SO MANY of … Continue reading

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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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