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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 01:30 PM
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Occupy DC marches to the Federal Housing Finance Agency to demand more help for homeowners - pics

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrators push a mock foreclosed home past the White House while marching to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrators stop outside the Treasury Department while marching to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrators march past the Treasury Department while walking to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrator and Institute for Policy Studies coordinator Noel Ortega (L) stands inside a mock foreclosed home outside offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: A pedestrian plugs his ear as he walks past Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrator Jordan Estevao as he demands housing reform from inside a mock foreclosed home outside offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrator and Institute for Policy Studies coordinator Noel Ortega stands inside a mock foreclosed home outside offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: A Metro Police Department officer pushes past Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrators outside offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC.About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Occupy Washington D.C. demonstrator Jay Marx (2nd L) is prevented by Metro Police Department officers from entering offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Brittany Giedraitis of Vernon, Connecticut, reads the Bible and weeps while sitting at the feet of Metro Police Department officers standing guard outside the doors of offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. Giedraitis' father would lose his home to foreclosure if it were not for financial help from his family. She also knew a neighbor who she said killed himself after losing his home. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Brittany Giedraitis (L) of Vernon, Connecticut, is embraced by a friend as she weeps while sitting outside the doors of offices belonging to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. Giedraitis' father would lose his home to foreclosure if it were not for financial help from his family. She also knew a neighbor who she said killed himself after losing his home. About 25 demonstrators marched to the offices of the FHFA to demand they do more to help homeowners who are 'underwater.' According to the real estate website Zillow, 28.6 percent of homeowners with mortgages owe more on their loans than their homes could sell for.


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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 01:33 PM
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Huey P. Long Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 01:36 PM
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2. I hope this gets the attention it deserves. -eom
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Huey P. Long Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 02:22 PM
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3. lots of other things going on, still no excuse not to kick and recommend this thread.
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Huey P. Long Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 03:41 PM
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 04:43 PM
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Huey P. Long Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 07:08 PM
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