Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009

TTT SEPT 2: HOME FORECLOSURES II: Homelessness is More Acceptable?

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HOME FORECLOSURES II: Homelessness is More Acceptable?

With the public discussion focused on health care and little else comes news that the foreclosure crisis isn't going away - at least no time soon. A relatively new study of foreclosure rates in Minnesota has been a product of a symposium presented by Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)http://www.cura.umn.edu/ at the UofM's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Meanwhile the street battle to save Rosemary Williams, Linda Norenberg and others from eviction continues to challenge the powers who would make them all homeless. The question is: what use is it to send struggling homeowners into the streets, vacating properties and blighting neighborhoods while those same owners become essentially wards of the community and shelters if they can find no reasonable alternative housing in their cities.

TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL and LYNNELL MICKELSEN ask those question and more as we talk with advocates for poverty-stricken families and homeowners and CURA about community-based solutions to the housing crisis and the impact of foreclosures on our neighborhoods and residents.

GUESTS:

• ROSEMARY WILLIAMS - homeowner facing eviction from her Minneapolis house.

• LINDA NORENBERG - homeowner facing eviction from her Robbinsdale house.

• CHERI HONKALA - MN Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

• LYNETTE MALLES - Volunteer advocate - MN Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

• KRIS NELSON - Program Director, Neighborhood Partnerships for Community Research (NPCR), Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)

• ED NELSON - Marketing & Communications Director, MN Homeownership Center

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