Homeowners and housing advocates call for temporary halt to foreclosures in state

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An audit found that 84 percent of foreclosures in San Francisco contained at least one clear violation of California’s foreclosure laws. New America Media.

By Zaineb Mohammed, New America Media

A week after Attorney General Kamala Harris announced an $18 billion settlement for California’s foreclosure victims, homeowners and housing rights advocates declared the need to temporarily halt all foreclosure-related activity.

During a foreclosure roundtable discussion held recently at the Mission Economic Development Agency, Alan Fisher, Executive Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition, said that advocate “groups are asking for a pause in foreclosures so people don’t lose their homes [while the settlement is being implemented.]”

John Eller, a senior organizer with Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), said that by putting a temporary stop to the foreclosures “it would enable borrowers to have some breathing room while they figure out if they qualify for the settlement.”

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