Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending

Submitted by MAAPL on April 30, 2008 - 2:21pm. ::
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URGENT! We need you to call your legislators to support our 3 Legislative Bills and encourage your organization to join MAAPL! SAVE JUNE 18th for our next lobby day! We will start at 10:30 at the state house. More on the legislation.

Who We Are

The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending is a newly formed coalition of over 30 community organizations, housing counseling agencies, legal services groups and others who have come together to work on the sub-prime foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts. The Alliance will focus its work on the following areas:
  • Legislative initiatives, including, judicial foreclosure; just cause eviction post-foreclosure; a foreclosure moratorium; and other pre and post foreclosure protections for tenants and homeowners.
  • Organizing to prevent eviction of tenants and resident homeowners that are paying their rents in foreclosed properties.
  • Providing education to homeowners and tenants regarding their rights, as well as educating the general public education regarding the predatory lending and discriminatory practices of lenders and financial institutions.
  • Working to ensure that foreclosed properties can be acquired as affordable housing by non-profits and other entities.
The Alliance will seek to share information among, and coordinate the activities of its members organizations, and where possible speak with a united voice on behalf of victims of the foreclosure crisis and against predatory lending practices.

How To Contact Us

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3 Legislative Bills To Stem The Foreclosure Crisis

We are working on 3 Legislative Bills before the Massachusetts General Court to stem the Foreclosure Crisis. We need your help!

An Act Requiring Just Cause for Eviction in Foreclosed Properties

Senate Bill 2664/House Bill 4734 Lead Sponsor: Senator Wilkerson Lead sponsor: Representative Malia All Legislative Supporters Bill Text: PDF & HTML

An Act Relative To A Temporary Moratorium On Foreclosures

Senate Bill 2663/House Bill 4733 Lead Sponsor: Senator Wilkerson Lead sponsor: Representative Lantigua All Legislative Supporters Bill Text: PDF & HTML

An Act To Require Judicial Foreclosures

Senate Bill 2662/House Bill 4735 Lead Sponsor: Senator Wilkerson Lead sponsor: Representative Smizik All Legislative Supporters Bill Text: PDF & HTML

Urge Your Legislators to Support These Bills

We need your help! Please contact your legislators and urge them to co-sponsor the legislation listed above. Below is information on finding out who your legislators are so that you can urge them to support the bills listed above.

Outreach Materials

  • Information For Tenants In Foreclosed Buildings - English & Espanol (PDF)
  • Information For Former Home-Owners - English (PDF)

Municipal Policies & Legislation

Media Coverage

Please check back on this item. We will be updating this in the near future.

Background & Reports

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ht04733Moratorium.doc42 KB
ht04734JustCause.doc56.5 KB
ht04735JudicialForeclosure.doc43 KB
MonthlyMortgageInterestRate.jpg377 KB
HomelessCaseLoad.doc134 KB
STAPERDIENDOSUCASAALBANCONOTIEN.doc23 KB
PartialListofMAAPLMemberOrgs.pdf51.81 KB
MAAPLFactsheetMoratorium.doc97 KB
MAAPLFactsheetJustCause.doc88.5 KB
MAAPLFactsheetJudFor#1AD90B.doc44 KB
MAAPLFactsheetJudFore.doc44 KB
Foreclosurechart.pdf126.88 KB
WorcMgrSenateBilltestimony5-13-08.pdf36.33 KB
SomerMyrForeclosure5.23.08.pdf41.06 KB
SomermyrForeclosureMayors.pdf43.36 KB
HRPremoratorium(asfiled5.20).doc183 KB
HRPrejudicialreview.doc177 KB
HRPJustCauseeditedforWorc.doc292.5 KB
SprgfldMayrRepCurran.Foreclosurebills.pdf112.72 KB
VacantForeclosingProperty.doc175.5 KB
ResolutionforMoratoriumJudFore.doc166.5 KB
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