101-year-old Detroit woman evicted in home foreclosure

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/7639485-418/101-year-old-detroit-woman-evicted-in-home-foreclosure.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS September 13, 2011 2:54PM

DETROIT — A 101-year-old woman was evicted from the southwest Detroit home where she lived for nearly six decades after her 65-year-old son failed to pay the mortgage.

Texana Hollis was evicted Monday and her belongings were placed outside the home. Her son, Warren Hollis, said he didn’t pay the bill for several years and disregarded eviction notices.

“I kept it from her because I didn’t want to worry her,” Warren Hollis told WXYZ-TV for a report that aired Monday night. “I was just so sure it wasn’t going to happen.”

[MADem]

1. The son hasn't paid the bills for YEARS? What, was he hoping she'd die and he wouldn't have to tell

her?

Sounds like the son was involved in a bit of theft from his elderly mother.

He didn't want to worry her? I imagine she's pretty worried about now.

[FreeJoe]

2. 6 decades?

How does someone live in a house for six decades and not have their mortgage paid off?

[malaise]

3. Easy

Second mortgage, third mortgage, etc.

[cutlassmama]

4. he refinanced it in 2002

[Donnachaidh]

5. someone took out an arm on the place in 2002

I'll bet dollars to donuts it was done by the same son who wasn't paying the bills.

[sam11111]

6. nt

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[FarCenter]

7. She and the son lived together; wonder who's name was on the title?

"A neighbor was letting Texana and Warren Hollis live in a rental house across the street from the home they shared, and Texana Hollis’ belongings were being moved there. Others, including a nonprofit organization, were working to get her back into her home."

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. Similar prior post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4992757

[nosmokes]

9. The son is top ranked contender for human sized condom poster boy.