Anti-foreclosure group reports progress
Organizers with the group Occupy Homes say their efforts to help homeowners fight foreclosure are showing signs of success, MPR reports. The group's staged sit-ins at foreclosed properties have led to 40 arrests, including local rapper Brother Ali outside a Minneapolis home last month.
Occupy Homes MN organizer Chris Gray says the 8-month-old group has made some breakthroughs, Minnesota Public Radio reports. The group has helped three homeowners in the Twin Cities successfully negotiate with mortgage lenders, Gray says.
A number of people have been arrested as part of group protests, including rap artist Brother Ali.
Here is one of the group's foreclosure stories:
