Foreclosure Stopped Belva Davis Will Stay in Her Home (Detroit)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Jobs with Justice Blog

By Allison Fletcher Acosta

Under pressure from the community, Jobs with Justice, and other groups, Wells Fargo has agreed to terms that will allow Belva Davis to stay in her home.

Homeowner Belva Davis of Detroit’s East English Village fell behind on her mortgage while unemployed. Last December, Wells Fargo started to foreclose on Belva’s home.

Belva got a new job, and wanted to renegotiate terms and pay the mortgage. For months Wells Fargo refused to modify Belva’s loan, but they weren’t counting on the outpouring of support Belva got from her neighbors and allies throughout Detroit and across the country.



Belva’s struggle to stay in her home turned a corner after SE Michigan Jobs with Justice brought labor into the fight. On September 29, more than 50 people picketed the Wachovia/Wells Fargo branch office in Grosse Point Woods, MI to demand that Wells Fargo not evict Belva Davis and the thousands of homeowners like her who have fallen behind on their mortgages.


Read more: http://www.jwjblog.org/2009/11/foreclosure-stopped-belva-davis-will-stay-in-her-home/

[nc4bo]

1. Too bad this isn't happening all over America..

We need to help our neighbors stand up and fight. Job well done to everyone who participated in the fight.

There's power in numbers.

I'm very happy for Ms. Davis and wish her well!

[jazzwinders]

2. I live in EEV

I live in East English Village and the support for Belva from our community was amazing.

[LuckyTheDog]

9. Hey, we live in the same neighborhood.

I just recently heard about this case. Awesome news.

[PassingFair]

17. Hey!

I grew up on Bishop and had a
house on Kensington until 1995....

:hi:

[JNelson6563]

3. Can't believe this was un-rec'd!

This is fabulous news. May the movement spread far and wide! :toast:

Julie

[nc4bo]

4. I got mine, screw you and yours. Selfish pigs.

There are some really big arseholes who slither through The DU.

I'm glad they feel they'll never have to be in this woman's situation.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. I went back & rec'd it when I saw these posts.

Like Julie says, we gotta stick together, and the sooner people learn that, the better job we're gonna do at surviving.

[Abacus]

14. May have been accidental...

I did that once.

[robinlynne]

6. Right on!

[mrbarber]

7. Seeing people get organized scares the crap outta the powers to be....

Unless, of course, they can send in a few uniformed thugs to bust in some heads.

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[slackmaster]

8. I wonder how much cash up front it took to convince WFB to start negotiating seriously

The article is very sketchy.

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[Vidar]

12. Bless the unions that our party is too corrupt & stupid to appreciate.

[mackerel]

13. I'm going to e-mail this out to some of my friends who

are having trouble getting modified loans. Maybe it will spark some ideas and some activism here in California.

[Vidar]

19. Good idea. Thanks.

[Fire1]

15. Solidarity forever!!! n/t

[Q3JR4]

16. It makes me wonder...

If all those unemployed people decide to stand up for themselves and their fellow americans, would the politicians finally pay attention?

What if those who are unable to find work decide to start their own political party? Would the politicians in DC suddenly grow spines? If the AFL-CIO threw their support in behind a new political party made up of the unemployed, would democrats stand up for real progressive values when their base is drained away?

I'm surprised there hasn't been a movement to organize the unemployed and the uninsured.

Q3JR4.
If you want real political power, those who represent you have to fear the possibility that you'll pick someone else.

[Omaha Steve]

18. I just got an email from Allison Fletcher Acosta

She wants to thank everyone for the comments and the R's that got this story to the greatest page.