[Platform] [GRP-Announcements] CALL TO SAVE OUR NEIGHBORS & COMMUNITIES - JULY 8TH!

[Mike Heichman]

Announcements from the GRP wrote:

>CALL TO SAVE OUR NEIGHBORS & COMMUNITIES - JULY 8TH!
>* **(Post Widely!)
>
>*Hi, Green-Rainbows,
>
>We are writing again about the sub-prime lending crisis.  This housing
>crisis is on track to continue to worsen over the next four years or more.
>We need your help to begin to turn the tide now.
>
>
>Housing values have fallen 10% across the state already; housing sales are
>backlogged 10.7 months so far; Worcester Country alone has lost 247 million
>in housing values.  1 in 48 home-owners in the state will be impacted and
>almost that many again tenants will be impacted…
>
>Unless we act now and can get our legislators to pass our significant bills
>before they end formal legislative session on July 31st, no policy can be
>passed until after next January!  They need to pass our three pieces of
>legislation: the 6 month moratorium on foreclosures on sub-prime mortgages
>of 1 to 4 family owner-occupied housing; judicial foreclosure (a day in
>court before people lose their mortgage) and extension of just cause
>protections in foreclosed properties.  {See attached fact sheet on the
>bills}
>
>Today, we are asking you to join our effort to flood the legislature with
>phone CALLS THIS TUESDAY, JULY 8TH.  Just call (or email) and give your name
>& community and ask both your representative & senator to support:
>
>*A 6 Month Moratorium on Foreclosures **(Senate B#2663/House B #4733)
>**Extending Just Cause Protections for Tenants in Foreclosed
>Properties **(Senate
>B#2664/House B#4734)
>**Judicial Foreclosures: Right To A Day in Court **(Senate B#2662/House
>B#4735**)
>
>*To find your representative & senator:
>http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php
>and enter your address.
>
>You can get contact information for your representative and senator at:
>http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenuh.htm
>http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
>
>Please cc' us on any email communication to your legislator or email us when
>you make calls - part of being effective is being able to track the impact
>of our actions!  That is part of what has made MoveOn so effective!
>
>This crisis is in our hands to do something about -
>
>Thanks,
>Grace
>For Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending
>617-291-5591
>
>PS. Please act and we may ask for more help again!  Stay tuned!
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