Housing Opportunities, Economic Security
Foreclosure Bonds Will Help Youngstown Fight Blight

March 27, 2013 | WKBN 27

Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative (MVOC)

The city of Youngstown has a new law to help officials clean up blight without leaving the city to foot the bill.

Housing Opportunities
Sen. Soto leads Democratic effort to resolve foreclosure crisis

March 13, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

PICO United Florida

PICO United Florida organized a press conference with Sen. Darren Soto to support legislation that would bring relief to struggling homeowners.

Housing Opportunities
Martha Coakley presses banks on loans

February 19, 2013 | Boston Globe

Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN)

New rules may help borrowers save homes; mortgage firms asked to show they comply

Housing Opportunities
PICO United Florida rips foreclosure bill

February 12, 2013 | Gasparilla Gazette

PICO United Florida

Letter to the Editor

Housing Opportunities
Youngstown council agrees to hold banks accountable, install traffic cameras

January 31, 2013 | Vindy.com

Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative (MVOC)

In a victory for residents who have been advocating for bank accountability, the Youngstown, Ohio city council votes to amend the vacant property registry to include a $10,000 bond on foreclosed properties.

Housing Opportunities, Economic Security, Other Issues
Rockaways: We Still Need Help

January 9, 2013 | Queens Tribune

Queens Congregations United for Action (QCUA)

The Queens community rallied in New York City to demand electricity be restored for the thousands of Rockaways residents still without power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Housing Opportunities
4,000 Mass. homeowners benefit from mortgage settlement

November 19, 2012 | The Boston Globe

Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN)

Nearly 4,000 Massachusetts borrowers have received some kind of housing-debt relief this year as part of a national mortgage settlement .

Housing Opportunities
An uphill battle

September 29, 2012 | Youngstown Vindicator

Resident fights and faces down foreclosure.

Housing Opportunities
Homeowners Tell Top White House Officials: Bold Solutions Now

September 16, 2012 | Huffington Post

PICO National Network and our partners in the New Bottom Line were among 150 housing advocates, civil rights leaders and counselors who joined a special White House Housing Summit.

Housing Opportunities
Neighbors see less harm from foreclosure

September 9, 2012 | The Boston Globe

Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN)

A report by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston researchers disputes a long-held belief that foreclosures don’t just affect people who lose their homes, but also significantly drag down the values of nearby properties.

Housing Opportunities
Underwater homeowners protesting

August 21, 2012 | Bloomberg News

PICO National Network

A new group made up of frustrated homeowners who owe more on their homes than they are currently worth say that they could be a decisive vote in key swing states in November.

Housing Opportunities
Affordable housing comes full circle

August 1, 2012 | San Diego CityBeat

San Diego Organizing Project (SDOP)

Talmadge Senior Village, which provides housing for low-income seniors, was one of the projects funded by a $55-million bond approved on Housing Day in 2002.

Housing Opportunities
Big banks have new foe in Fresno faith group

July 12, 2012 | The Fresno Bee

Faith in Community

A Fresno faith group urged people to move their money out of five large banks, blaming the corporations for bad home loans, foreclosures and the nation's struggling economy.

Economic Security, Housing Opportunities, Land of Opportunity
Speaking truth to power: Formerly homeless share their experiences

May 30, 2012 | Burlington Free Press

Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA)

Housing Opportunities
Menlo Park to come up with 1,975 more homes under terms of legal settlement

May 24, 2012 | Daily News

Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA)

Housing Opportunities
Rev. Eduardo Samaniego: Big banks don't play fair

April 14, 2012 | San Jose Mercury News

People Acting in Community Together (PACT San Jose)

Housing Opportunities, Economic Security
Wells Fargo and Easter

April 12, 2012 | Episcopal News Service

San Francisco Organizing Project (SFOP)

"Just a few weeks before the Des Moines meeting, on Ash Wednesday, 45 San Francisco clergy had sprinkled ashes in front of the Wells Fargo corporate headquarters. It was our way of inviting them to repent ..."

Housing Opportunities, Economic Security
Colorado Progressive Coalition and Occupy Denver launch foreclosure action week

March 11, 2012 | Westword

Metro Organizations for People (MOP)

Housing Opportunities, Economic Security
Big Banks, 49 States Reach $25 Billion Deal Over Foreclosure Abuses

February 8, 2012 | PBS Newshour

PICO National Network

Housing Opportunities, Economic Security
Kamala Harris' $12 Billion Deal With Big Banks: Cop Out or Solid Settlement For California Homeowners?

February 8, 2012 | LA Weekly

PICO California, L.A. Voice