IFR - THE QUIET SOLUTION TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
Did you lose your home to between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010? Former homeowners may be entitled to restitution from their mortgage servicing company, if they apply for relief by April 30, 2012. What is a mortgage servicing company? The term refers to the folks who collected the mortgage payment, distributed escrow payments and sent out delinquency notices. For most Americans with single family home loans, the servicer was Bank of America, CitiBank, Wells Fargo or Chase. See list of additional companies below.
The Office of Comptroller of the Currency is currently requiring an independent review of those mortgages that went under during 2009 and 2010. This independent review is one of the very few programs that can pay restitution to borrowers who lost their homes.
If you were foreclosed in 2009 or 2010, watch your mail for notice of your eligibility for IFR, or Independent Foreclosure Review. If you doubt that the paper work was properly executed, or if you doubt that your servicer had the documents in the file to prove your debt, or if your foreclosure paperwork was robo-signed, you should contact your former mortgage servicing company and request IFR.
The list of participating mortgage servicing companies includes:
• America’s Servicing Co.
• Aurora Loan Services
• BAC Home Loans Servicing
• Bank of America
• Beneficial
• Chase
• Citibank
• CitiFinancial
• CitiMortgage
• Countrywide
• EMC
• EverBank/EverHome Mortgage Company
• Financial Freedom
• GMAC Mortgage
• HFC
• HSBC
• IndyMac Mortgage Services
• MetLife Bank
• National City Mortgage
• PNC Mortgage
• Sovereign Bank
• SunTrust Mortgage
• U.S. Bank
• Wachovia Mortgage
• Washington Mutual (WaMu)
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
• Wilshire Credit Corporation
To learn more about IFR, visit http://independentforeclosurereview.com/faq.aspx#FAQ4 or call the Rainbow PUSH Coalition at 404 525 5663.
IFR is not a comprehensive remedy for mortgage foreclosure, but it is another piece of an intricate, complex puzzle of institutional responses that offers homeowners some relief.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Thoughts on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
If Dr. King were here today, he would be both amazed and perplexed. Amazed at our technology. Amazed at the tolerance of interacial couples. Perplexed and dismayed at growing poverty and endless war. What would he think of the racial hostility that simmers just below the surface of public policy debates in the U.S.? What would he think of hyper-incarceration? What would he think of blacks who won't vote because they don't see real choices? Of course, we can't know exactly what he would think or do. Dr. King is the Founding Father of the New South. But, he did not complete the work. It is for us the living to continue the march toward freedom, justice and equality.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
CREATING OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE AGENDA
12th ANNUAL RAINBOW PUSH AND CEF
CREATING OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE
November 3-5, 2011
Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA 30303
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Registration – Private Dining Room
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. - Opening Reception - Doing Business with Georgia Power – Great American Grille
Participants: Kenneth Huff, Glenda M. Stinson, David Moody
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Registration - Oceanic Pre-Function
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mortgage Modification Assistance
Atlantic
Participants: Trina G. Heathington, Janice L. Mathis
10a.m. to 4 p.m. VENDORS – Oceanic Pre-function
9 – 10 Press conference/Corporate Study – PDR
Participants: National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, Robert Patillo
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Workshop – Business Growth and Development: Franchising and Access to Capital – Pacific I
Participants: Clinton Barrow, Kelvin Hicks, Louis E. James, Michael Jackson, Greg Calhoun, Randolyn Jones
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Workshop - Making Global Connections – Pacific II
Participants: Joe Beasley, James G. Patterson
12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. MINISTERS’ LUNCHEON AND SEMINAR
Facing Hard Times with Faith and Hope
Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Dr. Marvin Moss (Cascade), Rev. Kenneth Alexander (Antioch North), Bishop William Sheals (Hopewell), Rev. Jerry D. Black (Beulah), Rev. Jasper Williams (Salem), Rev. Cameron Alexander (Antioch North), Georgette Dixon, Stephon Ferguson, Axel Adams
2:30 P.M. – 4 p.m. Workshop - One Thousand Churches Class for Pastors, Hands on Banking, VITAS, Financial Literacy, Social and Economic Justice Pacific I
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Workshop - Stop the Violence – Save the Family
Pacific II
Participants: Stefan Gresham, Dr. Lorraine Jacq White, Fred Watson, Dominic Stokes
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Doing Business in DeKalb County Atlantic
Participants: Sherman Golden, Stan Watson, Bruce McMillian
6:00 P.M. - VIP SPONSOR’S RECEPTION- Panoramic Room
7:00 P.M. – KEEP HOPE ALIVE GALA – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., April Kelly-Drummond, Munson Steed, M. Alexis Scott, Marvin Nunnally
Performers: Earth Tone Lyrix, The Wardlaw Brothers
Honorees: Ms. Wanda Smith – Woman of Vision, The Hon. Andrew Young – Bridge Builder, Ms. Rita Samuels – Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Mr. Clayvon Croom – Trade Bureau Member of the Year, Ms. Leona Barr Davenport – Torchbearer, Ms. Jennifer Ffrench Parker – Journalist of the Year, Mr. Roger Bobb – Entrepreneur of the Year, Ms. Debra Antney – Entrepreneur of the Year.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Registration – PDR
9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. College Fair – Oceanic Pre-Function
Participants: Ms. Kawanya Isom
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. VENDORS – Atlantic Pre-function
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Workshop – Pacific I
Mortgage Modification Assistance
Participants: Hugh Rowden, Wells Fargo, Chase
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sports and Entertainment Workshop – Atlantic
Participants: Dewey McClain, Horace King, Mel Pender, Diane Larche, Rene Jackson, Breanna Fort, Andrea Riggs
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Regional Leadership Summit – TBD
Participants: Honorable Elected Officials - Corrinne Brown, Keith G. Heard, Sharon Beasley Teague, Roger Bruce, Stan Watson, Gail P. Davenport, Robert Brown, Alisha Thomas Morgan, Rashad Taylor, Gloria Tinubu
12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. SPORTS LUNCHEON – Oceanic Ballroom
Award Recipients: Dewey McClain, Clayton State Women’s Basketball Team
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Nicole Watson, Kristen Davis, Dextor Clinkscale, Horace King, Mark Patterson
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Jesse Jackson 70th Birthday Tribute – Bridging the Generation Gap – Talent Showcase – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Goode Acting Studio, Sisters of Today and Tomorrow, Stewart Foundation, STARS, Stone Mountain High School, Best Academy, SBGG, College Bound, Broadway S.T.A.R.S., Morris Brown College, Jefferson County High, Redan High, Marthanna Living Way, WXAG-AM, Orrin Hudson, Hank Stewart
ADJOURN
CREATING OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE
November 3-5, 2011
Hilton Garden Inn, 275 Baker Street, Atlanta, GA 30303
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Registration – Private Dining Room
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. - Opening Reception - Doing Business with Georgia Power – Great American Grille
Participants: Kenneth Huff, Glenda M. Stinson, David Moody
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Registration - Oceanic Pre-Function
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mortgage Modification Assistance
Atlantic
Participants: Trina G. Heathington, Janice L. Mathis
10a.m. to 4 p.m. VENDORS – Oceanic Pre-function
9 – 10 Press conference/Corporate Study – PDR
Participants: National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, Robert Patillo
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Workshop – Business Growth and Development: Franchising and Access to Capital – Pacific I
Participants: Clinton Barrow, Kelvin Hicks, Louis E. James, Michael Jackson, Greg Calhoun, Randolyn Jones
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Workshop - Making Global Connections – Pacific II
Participants: Joe Beasley, James G. Patterson
12:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. MINISTERS’ LUNCHEON AND SEMINAR
Facing Hard Times with Faith and Hope
Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Dr. Marvin Moss (Cascade), Rev. Kenneth Alexander (Antioch North), Bishop William Sheals (Hopewell), Rev. Jerry D. Black (Beulah), Rev. Jasper Williams (Salem), Rev. Cameron Alexander (Antioch North), Georgette Dixon, Stephon Ferguson, Axel Adams
2:30 P.M. – 4 p.m. Workshop - One Thousand Churches Class for Pastors, Hands on Banking, VITAS, Financial Literacy, Social and Economic Justice Pacific I
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Workshop - Stop the Violence – Save the Family
Pacific II
Participants: Stefan Gresham, Dr. Lorraine Jacq White, Fred Watson, Dominic Stokes
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Doing Business in DeKalb County Atlantic
Participants: Sherman Golden, Stan Watson, Bruce McMillian
6:00 P.M. - VIP SPONSOR’S RECEPTION- Panoramic Room
7:00 P.M. – KEEP HOPE ALIVE GALA – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., April Kelly-Drummond, Munson Steed, M. Alexis Scott, Marvin Nunnally
Performers: Earth Tone Lyrix, The Wardlaw Brothers
Honorees: Ms. Wanda Smith – Woman of Vision, The Hon. Andrew Young – Bridge Builder, Ms. Rita Samuels – Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Mr. Clayvon Croom – Trade Bureau Member of the Year, Ms. Leona Barr Davenport – Torchbearer, Ms. Jennifer Ffrench Parker – Journalist of the Year, Mr. Roger Bobb – Entrepreneur of the Year, Ms. Debra Antney – Entrepreneur of the Year.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Registration – PDR
9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. College Fair – Oceanic Pre-Function
Participants: Ms. Kawanya Isom
10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. VENDORS – Atlantic Pre-function
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Workshop – Pacific I
Mortgage Modification Assistance
Participants: Hugh Rowden, Wells Fargo, Chase
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sports and Entertainment Workshop – Atlantic
Participants: Dewey McClain, Horace King, Mel Pender, Diane Larche, Rene Jackson, Breanna Fort, Andrea Riggs
10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Regional Leadership Summit – TBD
Participants: Honorable Elected Officials - Corrinne Brown, Keith G. Heard, Sharon Beasley Teague, Roger Bruce, Stan Watson, Gail P. Davenport, Robert Brown, Alisha Thomas Morgan, Rashad Taylor, Gloria Tinubu
12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. SPORTS LUNCHEON – Oceanic Ballroom
Award Recipients: Dewey McClain, Clayton State Women’s Basketball Team
Participants: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Nicole Watson, Kristen Davis, Dextor Clinkscale, Horace King, Mark Patterson
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Jesse Jackson 70th Birthday Tribute – Bridging the Generation Gap – Talent Showcase – Oceanic Ballroom
Participants: Goode Acting Studio, Sisters of Today and Tomorrow, Stewart Foundation, STARS, Stone Mountain High School, Best Academy, SBGG, College Bound, Broadway S.T.A.R.S., Morris Brown College, Jefferson County High, Redan High, Marthanna Living Way, WXAG-AM, Orrin Hudson, Hank Stewart
ADJOURN
Friday, September 23, 2011
Death Penalty Abolition
Ga. Death Penalty Opponents Discuss Tactics
Updated: Thursday, 22 Sep 2011, 11:32 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 22 Sep 2011, 10:21 PM EDT
•
George
Franco
Video by George Franco/MyFoxAtlanta
Supporters of Troy Davis insist the case will only strengthen their argument to abolish the death penalty, but death penalty advocates say the right man was put to death.
With the world watching, tensions flared and emotions went from elation to deep disappointment as protestors first thought Troy Davis’ life had been spared but later learned the Supreme Court did not halt his execution. His death pushed supporters to try to abolish the death penalty.
Davis was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the 1988 murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer. In his final statement, Davis maintained his innocence.
“We intend for Troy’s name to stand for, in history, the beginning of the end of the death penalty,” said Janice Mathis of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
The activist group rainbow push coalition met Thursday to devise a plan to do just that. They say doubt in the Troy Davis case, witnesses who recanted and questionable ballistics evidence will help convince more people that the death penalty is wrong.
“We're hoping ultimately, that the state of Georgia legislatures. as well as the federal legislature lawmakers review the death penalty and ultimately abolish it completely,” said Richard Holmes of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Jeff Wiggs, president of the Dekalb Fraternal Order of Police says only defense attorneys were going public with their doubts about details in the Davis case involving the murder of Savannah police officer Mark McPhail.
He says when more all information comes out, he believes most Americans will stand behind the death penalty decision.
“I think the majority of the people if they really took themselves away from all the atmosphere and all the hype and all the media coverage of this and really sat down and thought about it, most people, they want justice,” Wiggs said.
Members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition say they are working with state lawmakers to try to convince members of the legislature to take a second look at the death penalty in Georgia.
Some of the roughly two dozen people at the meeting said they needed to register to vote new supporters who joined their cause over the Davis case. Joe Beasley of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition says members of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles should be ousted because they did not commute Davis' sentence.
Updated: Thursday, 22 Sep 2011, 11:32 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 22 Sep 2011, 10:21 PM EDT
•
George
Franco
Video by George Franco/MyFoxAtlanta
Supporters of Troy Davis insist the case will only strengthen their argument to abolish the death penalty, but death penalty advocates say the right man was put to death.
With the world watching, tensions flared and emotions went from elation to deep disappointment as protestors first thought Troy Davis’ life had been spared but later learned the Supreme Court did not halt his execution. His death pushed supporters to try to abolish the death penalty.
Davis was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the 1988 murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer. In his final statement, Davis maintained his innocence.
“We intend for Troy’s name to stand for, in history, the beginning of the end of the death penalty,” said Janice Mathis of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
The activist group rainbow push coalition met Thursday to devise a plan to do just that. They say doubt in the Troy Davis case, witnesses who recanted and questionable ballistics evidence will help convince more people that the death penalty is wrong.
“We're hoping ultimately, that the state of Georgia legislatures. as well as the federal legislature lawmakers review the death penalty and ultimately abolish it completely,” said Richard Holmes of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Jeff Wiggs, president of the Dekalb Fraternal Order of Police says only defense attorneys were going public with their doubts about details in the Davis case involving the murder of Savannah police officer Mark McPhail.
He says when more all information comes out, he believes most Americans will stand behind the death penalty decision.
“I think the majority of the people if they really took themselves away from all the atmosphere and all the hype and all the media coverage of this and really sat down and thought about it, most people, they want justice,” Wiggs said.
Members of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition say they are working with state lawmakers to try to convince members of the legislature to take a second look at the death penalty in Georgia.
Some of the roughly two dozen people at the meeting said they needed to register to vote new supporters who joined their cause over the Davis case. Joe Beasley of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition says members of the state Board of Pardons and Paroles should be ousted because they did not commute Davis' sentence.
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