CLVU in the News
Protesters target big financial institutions
Demonstrators gathered in downtown Boston today to protest against big banks on behalf of homeowners who are under water in their mortgages, or owe more than their home is worth.
“Wall Street banks created and profited from a housing bubble that left millions with underwater loans,” said Melonie Griffiths, an organizer with City Life/Vida Urbana, in a statement. “Then they received trillions in taxpayer bailouts.”
Read MoreSCUBA DIVERS & SEA DRAGONS MARCH ON BIG BANKS TO EXPOSE “UNDERWATER” MORTGAGE CRISIS
Huge bubbles are floating from a sea of goggled, snorkeled, green-sea-dragoned Occupiers (some from Wall St., some from Boston); foreclosure victims led by City Life/Vida Urbana and New England’s Bank Tenant Associations; and allies from Mass Uniting and Veterans for Peace.
Read MoreDC Protests Target K Street Lobbyists
During the first week of December, City Life joined a caravan of more than 250 people headed to Washington, DC, where we joined with thousands of activists from across the country for Take Back the Capitol. Read MoreLocal foreclosure crisis victim arrested at protest
While the foreclosure crisis largely passed Jamaica Plain by, not everyone escaped unscathed, and one local resident and former business owner, Ken Tilton, has found some redemption in fighting back.
Read MoreHousing group protests Freddie Mac chief’s speech in Boston
Protesters demonstrated outside the Boston Harbor Hotel as Freddie Mac chief Ed Haldeman Jr. delivered a keynote speech to Hub business leaders.
Read MoreTHIS IS CITY LIFE TERRITORY
“I had three days left on my loan modification with Fannie Mae,” Olivé Hendricks vented into a megaphone outside the Boston Harbor Hotel this past Wednesday. “Then I look out my window and I see that they’re selling my house!
Read MoreProtesters demand end to bloodsucking lenders in Boston
City Life La Vida Urbana held a protest march around Rowes Wharf and its yacht-filled docks today to protest the presence of Fannie Mae President Charles Haldeman, speaking before the Boston College CEO Club.
Read MoreCoalition Takes Back Foreclosed Home
BOSTON –Dozens of people took to a Dorchester street on Saturday to reclaim a home recently foreclosed upon.
Read More1000+ Activists March on Bank of America in Protest of Predatory Lending Practices; 24 Arrested
Read MoreBOSTON/Financial District - Over 1000 people joined a march against Bank of America’s regional headquarters in Boston’s Financial District yesterday. The event was called by the Right to the City Alliance, an urban movement for economic justice with member-organizations across the US.
