Foreclosure rates swell across near north and near west side …
Home counseling centers are struggling to keep up with the demand for homeowner assistance after a flood of new foreclosures in Chicago during 2007, as indicated in just-released data by a local nonprofit community organizing agency.
Counselors say they are dealing with the consequences of loan products that took advantage of unsuspecting consumers in the housing market.
“We are swamped with people who are in trouble,” said Ofelia Navarro, executive director of the Spanish Coalition for Housing, a home counseling agency that serves many neighborhoods, including Logan Square and Humboldt Park. “A lot of the cases are difficult–they are upside down on their mortgage [payments], or don’t have the money to pay.”
The data, compiled by Chicago-based National Training and Information Center (NTIC), shows that Logan Square had the greatest percentage increase in foreclosures over other near west and near north side neighborhoods during 2006. Logan Square had a 108 percent increase in foreclosures to 210 in 2007 compared with101 in 2006. The community ranked 14th out of 77 Chicago community areas in foreclosures.
West Town, which encompasses Wicker Park, Bucktown and Ukrainian Village also saw a huge increase, up 87 percent in 2007 to 234, compared with the year-earlier period, placing 20th overall, accoding to the NTIC study. Humboldt Park had 57 percent more foreclosures, or 426, ranking 39
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Thursday 13 Mar 2008 | Korey | Uncategorized
But are you going to wear a bulletproof vest every day for months on end?And then hope you don’t get shot in the head/neck/any large artery/etc?
1) I wish she was armed, had a gun, tazer, or mace - anything she could have used to protect herself.2) The police could have given her an emergency button in her purse; the man could have been made to wear an ankle bracelet with GPS that automatically called the police as a condition of parole; The man could have been jailed longer or more carefully screened for violent intent.3) False reports of abuse and the sloppy implementation of justice are particularly cruel, because they cut violent predators such as this guy some slack by grouping them in with minor offenders or those who are falsely accused. A more refined approach is required. Perps with actual past violence, suicide attempts, etc, particularly those that represent a significant threat to life and limb of their intended victim, need to be treated more strictly. Longer jail sentances. More significant monitoring. More significant victim protection. That didn’t seem to happen in this case, and the prior facts definitely warranted it.
I wouldn’t worry about it too much though. The people calling for violence are acting because of their bitterness towards women stemming from their personal failures. It’s just impotent rage as they contemplate their gun collection in their mom’s basement that they know will never be used, because they’d shit their pants in an actual danger situation.
Yeah, that part was funny.
I’d have ten guns. Or wait, I wouldn’t. I’d just get one of your force-field guns that stops bullets and prevents people from killing me.
no seeing kyle beat the shit out of cartman and then break his toys was fuckin awesome
Then shouldn’t it be a revolt against the court system, and the legislature, as opposed to the woman?
Silly protest. Hiding in a religious building didn’t make Manuel Noriega any more sympathetic either.
You ever notice that self defense is never given as an option by the MSM?
Do you know why all these divorced men are turning into psychos? It is because the law is so unjust to them,they loose their house,property,car,and more than half of salary for life,and cant even visit there own children whenever they want.When someone throws you out of your own house and takes everything you have wont you go crazy?