April 16: National Protest on Foreclosures
THE MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION
(MBA) --
the biggest national lobby of all the banks -- including the criminal
predatory lenders, that are busy evicting your neighbors, relatives, friends
and maybe you from your home -- is holding it's annual policy conference
in Washington D.C., on April 16 and 17, 2008. Their main goal is to make sure that
bankers continue to get bailed out while families get
tossed out!
Losing our homes: A NATIONAL EMERGENCY:
And
it's getting worse. One in every 4 subprime mortgage victims are
either in or near foreclosure. Soon, almost 10% of the homes of working
families across the country could be in foreclosure. For these families,
this isn't a recession—it's a depression and
a national emergency that calls for emergency
measures.
A mORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES &
EVICTIONS —politicians have the authority
to do it. Many may
not realize that Governors, State Legislatures, the President and Congress (as
well as the department
of Housing and Urban Development) have the
statutory authority to declare a moratorium on home foreclosures and evictions
during a time of either natural or economic emergency disaster (it's
important to include evictions because record numbers of renters are also
losing their apartments).
This fight is for all of us. Come to
D.C. on April 16 bring a bus, van, or a carload of people. Whether you
are directly effected by the home foreclosure epidemic, or just outraged that
the Government seems ready to give hundreds of billions
of dollars to rescue banks from failing while doing nothing for those
who are losing their homes, join people from around the country in Washington,
D.C. on April 16 to shake up the bankers and wake up the government. Let's
not wait until we're all homeless.
UNITE AND ORGANIZE=SURVIVAL
Whether it's rising gas and food prices • the lack of health care • losing our jobs • having our wages cut • sinking further into credit card, student loan, or
medical debt • or budget cuts
• or the destruction of public housing
• or ending this war that is costing
lives and almost a half a billion dollars a day • surviving hard times is
going require that we stick together and organize.
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Contact: The
Ad Hoc National Network to Stop Foreclosures & Evictions
A fast growing network of activists organizing in every
region of the country.
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