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The Cruz family home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went into foreclosure in 2011 when PNC failed to withdraw an online mortgage payment and then demanded two months’ payment as punishment. Unable to pay more than the current month’s installment, the family home fell into foreclosure.

by Occupy Homes MN  original article here

Despite acknowledging that the Cruz’s foreclosure was due to a bank error and repeated claims that they are working “behind the scenes” to get the Cruz family back in their home, PNC Bank has refused to accept the documents necessary for the loan to be modified. So Alejandra and David Cruz, along with several supporters, are going hand-deliver the documents to PNC’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA!

The community, as a whole, has rallied to help the Cruz family, and many other families defend their homes from unethical and often illegal bank foreclosures. [see videos below of these events, including one featuring musician Brother Ali talking about these issues and why this struggle is so important] – roguemedia

The Cruz family stopped today at the regional headquarters of Freddie Mac, the bailed-out secondary market lender that has posted guards and boarded up the doors and windows with reinforced steel to keep the Cruz family and supporters out of their home. After this, they marched, with supporters to a nearby PNC branch, where they refused to allow them to go inside and present loan modification documents.

Since April 30, Occupy Homes MN has been working with the Cruz family, whose home went into foreclosure when PNC Bank mishandled an online payment. Although PNC executives have acknowledged their error and repeatedly told Cruz supporters that they are working on a solution, their actions have shown the opposite.  They have refused to work with the family, instead working with Freddie Mac and the city of Minneapolis to launch a series of costly police raids against home, resulting in 23 arrests in less than a week.  Despite ongoing protests, PNC still thinks we’ll go away if they ignore us long enough.  It’s time to show them otherwise: on June 19, Alejandra and David Cruz will be travelling along with a team of supporters to PNC’s Pittsburgh headquarters to hand-deliver their modification documents and demand a meeting with CEO Jim Rohr! Occupy Homes MN is calling for a national day of action on PNC to coincide with the Cruz’s arrival on Thursday, June 21.   see videos below

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