In foreclosures, Occupy groups see a unifying cause
Source: Reuters
In foreclosures, Occupy groups see a unifying cause
By Nick Carey
Mon Apr 9, 2012 3:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - Mercedes Robinson-Duvallon turned 83 in February, but there was little time for celebration.
On her birthday, as she sat in a wheelchair recovering from surgery, sheriffs' deputies arrived to evict her from the Miami home where she has lived since 1966. A year earlier her property had moved into foreclosure after she defaulted on a refinanced loan.
Robinson-Duvallon says she would be homeless now but for the intervention of about 40 members of Occupy Fort Lauderdale, a Florida branch of the national movement that is protesting income inequality and corporate greed. The group took over her lawn and house and even baked her a birthday cake.
The deputies decided to let her stay.
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