Lotta Ins Lotta Outs: BofA Giving Away Houses and "Raise The Debt Ceiling" Rap

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

BofA Giving Away Houses and "Raise The Debt Ceiling" Rap

I'm so glad to see that Bank of America is now giving away the house our tax dollars bailed out. Did I mention that many of them are then being demolished? Tax dollars at work...

BofA to give away houses

Have too many foreclosed properties?
Why not give them away?
That's what Bank of America plans to do with as many as 150 vacant and abandoned properties in and around Chicago through a new "collaboration" with the city that's intended to address the problem of abandoned properties.
"Unfortunately," BofA said in a statement, "many homeowners faced with unemployment, underemployment and other economic hardships have transitioned to alternative housing situations, and in many cases, have walked away from their homes, leaving behind vacant and deteriorating properties that can cause neighborhood blight."
As part of the new effort, BofA plans to:
Register properties with the city when the mortgage is delinquent and the property has been identified as vacant and abandoned.
Identify up to 150 properties that will be referred to a new Cook County vacant and abandoned building court call in an effort to speed up the foreclosure process and return the properties to stable, productive use. The foreclosure timeline for vacant and abandoned properties in the area currently averages 18 months, the bank said.
Contribute funds toward the city's costs of demolishing deteriorating buildings on the donated properties.
Donate foreclosed and vacant condominiums to the nonprofit Community Investment Corp. as part of an initiative to upgrade, preserve and stabilize management of affordable rental housing.
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I saw this yesterday and couldn't stop laughing. The time some people have on their hands. Kudos to Remy.