Minneapolis Grandmother Wins Loan Modification With Help of "Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone"

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After a public pressure campaign through Occupy Homes MN’s Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone, Gayle Lindsey, a nursing assistant and grandmother in South Minneapolis who was facing imminent eviction, has won a modification of her mortgage from M&T Bank. Gayle’s victory came marks the seventh for Occupy Homes MN and the first in the Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone, a project that brings neighbors in the Central and Powderhorn neighborhoods together to refuse to leave their homes without a fair negotiation.

Gayle, whose renegotiation came a month after her redemption period ended, is the first victory in “the Zone.” With the help of Occupy Homes MN, she organized a series of actions, community potlucks, and press appearances. Gayle got a call sitting at her kitchen table from an executive at M&T Bank, who offered to write Gayle a new affordable mortgage. “It shows that Occupy Homes MN works,” says Gayle. “I want to move on to more victories for the community.”
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more: http://www.occupyhomesmn.org/gayle_victory

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[sabrina 1]

2. I love these people!! That is so wonderful. I wish they had been around when my

friend was illegally foreclosed on.

Congratulations to all of them. I wonder if we get some of these very effective people to run for office. Our elected officials have done nothing to help stop people from being thrown out of their homes, but look what happens when people really work for the people rather than the Corporations.

Excellent work Occupy!