FORECLOSURE -- HOMEOWNER FIGHTS BANK OF AMERICA FOR ILLEGAL EVICTION

HOMEOWNER FIGHTS BANK OF AMERICA FOR ILLEGAL EVICTION;
TRASHING HER SON’S PURPLE HEART

Here’s what happened to Lilly when she came back from Germany (her son, thankfully, emerged from his coma). She found a ‘FOR SALE’ sign in the yard and a new lock on the front door. Her house had been completely emptied; the furniture acquired over years, the Purple Heart her son had earned when he was shot during an earlier tour in Iraq: all gone. Bank of America had illegally and fraudulently sold her house to Fannie Mae only days after she’d left the country. And, they’d thrown all of her belongings in the city dump.

So like David confronting impossible odds, she stood up and fought. She moved back in, fought the eviction in court, and replaced her furniture with donations from her church. When the Sheriff’s deputies came in January 2012 to evict her, Lilly won a stay of eviction. Then in April she found a judge who finally recognized that she had been robbed by Wall Street bankers and let her legally possess her home again.

The fight has cost her, though. Fighting the Sheriff’s deputies gave her a slipped disk. The stress caused her a heart attack. She’s gone to the hospital six times and is facing yet another surgery. She’s on disability. But she’s outraged that the banks can break the law, steal her house, throw away everything she’s ever owned, ruin her health without facing any consequences whatsoever.

She’s headed back to court to force Bank of America and Fannie Mae to give her title to the house free and clear and make them pay damages.