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15 Arrested at Bank of America Anti-Foreclosure Sit-In

HeadlineNov 22, 2011

Fifteen people were arrested at a sit-in against home foreclosures at a Bank of America branch in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday. Among those arrested was Lara Shepard-Blue.

Lara Shepard-Blue: “If Bank of America would lower the principal to the actual real value of the home, then we could keep families in their home and also help to spur an economic recovery for our city and across the country. So that’s why we got arrested. We’re also calling on them to stop evicting homeowners after foreclosure. They should be accepting rent from homeowners or agreeing to sell the house back to them. If they could afford the house at the current value, Bank of America should sell it back to them.”

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