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51. Anyone here ever hear of Frank Morales?
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 10:41 PM
Jan 2012
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/40677

"The Squatter Movement: Seizing Housing"
Interview with journalist, squatter and housing activist, Frank Morales. Morales' direct action for housing in the South Bronx and lower east side of Manhattan in the late 1970s; bank redlining of loans to certain neighborhoods; Chapter 7 of the 1968 Kerner Commission Report; spatial de-concentration dispersal of the urban poor as a counter insurgency strategy............"
I don't think I like this at all Autumn Jan 2012 #1
aGREED; this is more of the same. You(Obama) dance with who brung you. webDude Jan 2012 #46
On this one, I agree. It takes our neighborhoods from 'owned' to 'rented', and there's a difference LaydeeBug Jan 2012 #72
I think this sucks Mojorabbit Jan 2012 #2
Trouble with that is it rewards suboptimal behavior dmallind Jan 2012 #84
Yeah, god forbid we ever help people who actually need help. Fool Count Jan 2012 #90
No it doesn't dmallind Jan 2012 #91
Almost everyone I know that lost their house Mojorabbit Jan 2012 #92
What a load of crap. Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2012 #3
You got it. Vanje Jan 2012 #54
Serf city here we come...... MindMover Jan 2012 #4
More help for the rich at the expense of the poor, the modern American Way. harun Jan 2012 #5
Thanks, bookmarking. proverbialwisdom Jan 2012 #6
More socializing the risks, privatizing the profits. Bye, Bye Miss American Pie. leveymg Jan 2012 #7
"and millions more are coming" eyewall Jan 2012 #11
They are hoping to keep families in their home abelenkpe Jan 2012 #8
These homes are already foreclosed on. So this will not keep families in their homes. avaistheone1 Jan 2012 #34
from article abelenkpe Jan 2012 #47
How many will China buy FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #9
I was thinking Saudi Arabia, but yeah, what you just said. chalky Jan 2012 #39
I think these are homes where the people have long since vacated, and the government is paying Hoyt Jan 2012 #10
Then they shouldn't have booted the people who were taking care of the home for free out, now should Lionessa Jan 2012 #20
Should have funnelled the money for the banks through the borrowers ... SomeGuyInEagan Jan 2012 #23
Agree with that 100% -- but this is now. Hoyt Jan 2012 #27
+1 handmade34 Jan 2012 #52
They could sell them to individuals to live in. But they'll bulk them out like many of the north mbperrin Jan 2012 #28
+1 CrispyQ Jan 2012 #75
he's taking willard romney's advice. leftyohiolib Jan 2012 #12
We are trying to refinance via hardship on a Freddie Mac loan kitkat65 Jan 2012 #13
You might try this leftofcool Jan 2012 #43
Can you try refinancing w a different bank? abelenkpe Jan 2012 #55
Make the predatory investors usrname Jan 2012 #14
Rental streams will then be sold on insured against default of course dipsydoodle Jan 2012 #15
this is HOW you help main st? oh my..nt xiamiam Jan 2012 #16
Burn 'em down on your way out ... Myrina Jan 2012 #17
That is a profoundly stupid idea, and here's why... slackmaster Jan 2012 #78
You forgot to add that you would be spending a few years in prison for your troubles. former9thward Jan 2012 #86
That's not entirely bad, actually slackmaster Jan 2012 #87
Fannie Mae took my home. I wonder how much they'll dump it for and why didn't they just Lionessa Jan 2012 #18
Exactly. Why not sell them for cheap to the people who owned them in the first place? GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #26
Exactly. Unfortunately that doesn't make rich richer...... glinda Jan 2012 #58
What a great deal for the ONE PERCENT... CoffeeCat Jan 2012 #19
Wall St will broker the Deal for the Chinese Gov to purchase them FreakinDJ Jan 2012 #22
No, they won't. China has it's own very massive real estate bubble about to burst. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #30
Ding, ding, ding! Give this 'un a ceegar! Answer of the thread. leveymg Jan 2012 #66
If I understand sulphurdunn Jan 2012 #21
Yep. Nt abelenkpe Jan 2012 #56
But our side is better than the other side. CrispyQ Jan 2012 #77
Yes finally I see that humbled_opinion Jan 2012 #24
"the government forecloses the house" greiner3 Jan 2012 #71
When I said government I meant humbled_opinion Jan 2012 #88
Here was my response to the WH. OmahaBlueDog Jan 2012 #25
+infinity! Roland99 Jan 2012 #31
Not one sale until Wall St. and the banksters face Hotler Jan 2012 #69
Excellent, excellent humbled_opinion Jan 2012 #89
Welcome to the all new and improved Middle Ages. mlevans Jan 2012 #29
This proposal was part of Bernake's White Paper to Congress, with the administration's blessing sad sally Jan 2012 #32
Well of course they are. Make damn sure no 'little people' get ahold of one. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #33
That's another great point--bundling keeps out the "average Joe/Jane"... CoffeeCat Jan 2012 #41
Human need, not corporate greed! Fire Walk With Me Jan 2012 #35
and the rich get richer paulk Jan 2012 #36
in other words...the very people who created this mess stand to FURTHER benefit from it noiretextatique Jan 2012 #37
Teh mostest progressive president EVAH11!!!11!!1 His approval among "Liberal Dems" must be near 100% Edweird Jan 2012 #38
They're not even bothering to spin this one a simple pattern Jan 2012 #40
Gotta release all of the dirt... CoffeeCat Jan 2012 #42
Follow the money, and watch who buys up most of these bulk loans. sarcasmo Jan 2012 #44
more corporate welfare for the elites USA_1 Jan 2012 #45
Mr. Obama is playing 13th dimension chess... and he really cares about his base. lib2DaBone Jan 2012 #48
K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jan 2012 #49
When the homes sit idle, we call it Obama's fault. When the homes are rented, we call it Obama's McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #50
You're right zipplewrath Jan 2012 #68
Anyone here ever hear of Frank Morales? Alameda Jan 2012 #51
Not just corrupt, it's criminal stuffmatters Jan 2012 #53
So, fuck all the renters? boppers Jan 2012 #59
Didn't this happen during the depression too? Nt abelenkpe Jan 2012 #57
"rentals" RUMMYisFROSTED Jan 2012 #60
Isn't this kind of what happened in Iceland? Or was that private banksters selling in bulk? AllyCat Jan 2012 #61
Freakin corrupt govt aholes could just create what was known as "Savings and Loans" just1voice Jan 2012 #62
So is this what the corporations sitting on record amounts of cash have been waiting for? bluesbassman Jan 2012 #63
More helping the poor by making the rich richer. caseymoz Jan 2012 #64
Disaster capitalism strikes again, Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #65
Same thing was done in RTC when the S&L's folded CanonRay Jan 2012 #67
This certainly dotymed Jan 2012 #70
Make the rental prices drop 30 to 50%, that will fix the economy n/t AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 #73
SMH Mr Dixon Jan 2012 #74
Links to US Census data showing historic home ownership rates for the USA and by state... slackmaster Jan 2012 #76
I wonder if it would be possible for folks who were foreclosed on cap Jan 2012 #79
So instead of selling them cheap to indivuals who can buy them to live in... OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2012 #80
I don't really like this idea all that much, but at the same time rbixby Jan 2012 #81
They should be giving away the houses to people who need them! Bastards! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #82
At least they are getting occupied again and I will FreedomVoice Jan 2012 #83
Sell to whom? aquart Jan 2012 #85
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