Tenants In Illegal Foreclosure Evictions Organize To Combat Violators Of Their Protections Under Federal Law As Help In Enforcing Rights Hard To Find

In Merced, California, The Fresno Bee reports:

• When Alandra Manzo moved with her family into their home in north Merced in July 2009, the 23-year-old had little idea how much trouble their yellow stucco rental on Tide Drive would bring them. Over the next year, the house would be foreclosed on and then resold. Their lease would be challenged twice, and they would be threatened with eviction several times.

• Even though the federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 allowed the family to stay, Manzo had a hard time finding help to fight for her rights. That may change soon in Merced with the formation of a group that hopes to organize renters against unjust evictions, among other abuses.(1)

For more, see Merced renters fight tenant abuse.

(1) See National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty: Staying Home: The Rights of Renters Living in Foreclosed Properties.