Acorn breaking into houses

[test123]

A good watch

YouTube - Acorn spokesperson defends breaking into Foreclosed homes.

YouTube - ACORN breaks into foreclosed homes - criminal trespassing.

YouTube - Housing Bill...

[Kuya]

Success to Shays!

[Beckwin]

acorn rocks

[Aerin]

About damn time.

[Fhqwghads]

acorn rocks

Are you serious? Please tell me you're being sarcastic. There's no way anyone should think what these idiots are doing is a good thing.

[Maxxthepenguin]

acorn rocks

^

[Zosi]

For those of you who prefer text to YouTube videos for your news:

Acorn Breaks into Home - Baltimore News, Weather, Channel 2 - WMAR-TV

They're idiots for doing this, there's plenty of pressure for reducing foreclosures without stupid publicity stunts.

Edit: stupid illegal publicity stunts.

[Jaybar]

It's ok if the banks do it though!

[Correction]

Are you serious? Please tell me you're being sarcastic. There's no way anyone should think what these idiots are doing is a good thing.

Except for those awful, awful people who lost their homes, maybe?

[Zosi]

It's ok if the banks do it though!

The difference is that if you're foreclosed on, the bank actually owns your house, making it, well, not your house. It's not ACORN's house either. While I certainly think it'd be nice if they stopped/slowed foreclosures, they have every right to kick you out and sell the house to someone else if you stop paying your mortgage. Sucks, but that's what you agreed to when you signed up.

Civil disobedience is great and all, but it's usually more effective when your goal doesn't rely on appealing to the kindness of the companies/government you're protesting against. They're not going to go "Uh oh, ACORN is helping people break into the houses we resold, our only tactic is to stop foreclosures!"

Which is why it's nothing but a stupid, illegal publicity stunt.

[eunhye]

During the taping of this story a man by the name of William Lane told ABC2 News that he owns the house currently--and plans to sue Acorn.

sue them for billions of dollars.

[kuronosan]

I don't know why I read the topic as Akon.

[Suited Aces]

Best part of this thread is the google ad that says "FIND FORECLOSURES 30-50% OFF". Probably links to the same houses these deadbeats are getting kicked out of.

[Saphirea]

Home ownership is not a right. And the bank's deserve to foreclose on these houses if the people who bought them couldn't afford it.

Lets see, you make 2200 a month and your mortgage is 1950... well lets see here, who's fault is that? Reading I understand is hard but damn, after just going through the homebuyer's process not too long ago, they told me at least 15 times how much I was to be paying at the end of the month for my house, how much to escrow, how much to taxes, how much to closing costs. You get all the documents that you can read and reread as many times as you want.

The bank is fully within their right to kick someone out who can't pay for it.

[Fhqwghads]

Except for those awful, awful people who lost their homes, maybe?

They're going to lose their homes anyway. What these retards are doing is illegal, and on homes which have been resold already they are breaking and entering using OUR taxpayer money. So exactly why should my money be going to an organization that is committing felonies?

As far as the people losing their homes, that's not my fault, and my money shouldn't be going towards wack-jobs who think they can circumvent the law under the false ideology that people have a constitutional right to own a home. Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for people losing their homes due to predatory lending and/or lost jobs, and foreclosed homes have a huge impact on the homes surrounding them since it devalues nearby properties, so I am interested in a solution. My own home has lost a lot of value, not sure if it's because of any nearby foreclosures though. However, my money going to these Acorn retards is not the answer. They're going to cost taxpayers even more money by getting the judicial system involved in something that is completely out of their control with the approach they're using.

[Kirin]

It's somewhere in those end of youtube other video links, but there was a man who ended up biting the bullet and REFINANCED with his lender, oddly enough through ACORN, and had his deliquent payments moved to the end of his mortgage, as well as having his monthly rate reduced and interest rate cut in half to 5.something%.

There are ways to fix your dumb mistake in buying a home you cant afford other than breaking the law. The man who did this deserves to keep his home. The people who whine and cry and plan sit-ins about it are prolly the ones waiting for a handout, and if they CAN afford it then even more shame on them.

Owning a home is not a right. Having a place to live is however in my opinion. l2rent.

[Correction]

homes which have been resold already

I didn't realize 'in foreclosure' meant 'oh hey we found a buyer.'

[Fhqwghads]

I didn't realize 'in foreclosure' meant 'oh hey we found a buyer.'

Did you bother to watch any of the linked videos? Obviously you didn't.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

They're going to lose their homes anyway. What these retards are doing is illegal, and on homes which have been resold already they are breaking and entering using OUR taxpayer money. So exactly why should my money be going to an organization that is committing felonies?

Two wrongs don't make a right but, the people that got us into this mess and were preying on people eager to own a home and live the "American dream" are getting far more taxpayer money for their fuck-ups.

I prefer a left-wing publicity stunt on our dime over corporate charity on our dollar. And one is a direct result of the other. But I'll just go Fox News on that ass at this point and let YOU DECIDE.

[Correction]

Did you bother to watch any of the linked videos? Obviously you didn't.

I'm very sure whoever currently owns the property isn't just trying to flip it for a quick buck.

Who's buying these properties?

The biggest players are out-of-state limited partnerships - often with aspirational names such as Go Invest Wisely LLC of Ogden, Utah; Indiana Luxury Homes Inc. of Bloomington, Ind.; or Destiny Ventures LLC of Tulsa, Okla.

Usually, they're buying foreclosed properties in bulk from banks looking to dump their portfolios of nearly worthless houses. They're paying cash. And often, they're selling to each other, turning over a property several times in just months.