Showing videos filed under: eviction

• What a Difference an Occupation Makes

  December 11, 2011

  Community groups worked to combat foreclosures for years before Occupy Wall St came along. Five hundred helpers makes a "world of difference" says anti-homelessness activist and GRITtv regular Rob Robinson.

  • east new york
  • eviction
  • Flanders
  • foreclosure
  • grittv
  • homelessness
  • occupy wall st
  • OWS
  • urban politics

• Eviction Day: Foreclosure Crisis Continues

  December 8, 2008

  In the third quarter of 2008, more than 700,000 Americans faced foreclosure -- a new and troubling record. While mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced last month they would temporarily halt foreclosures and evictions from Thanksgiving to Jan. 9, the moratorium is likely to affect only a small percentage of homeowners.

  • american news project
  • Bailout
  • eviction
  • Fannie Mae
  • foreclosure
  • Freddie Mac
  • grittv
  • laura flanders