A Sign for Our Times: "MORATORIUM TO STOP FORECLOSURES & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS"

Stop Foreclosures and Evictions Meeting, Sat., Dec 8, 1 PM

- Are your house payments rising out of sight due a variable rate / sub-prime mortgage?
- Are you about to lose your home to foreclosure?
- Are you facing a winter without heat, water or electricity because of rising utility bills?

COME TO AN ORGANIZING MEETING TO BUILD A FIGHT-BACK MOVEMENT

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1:00 PM

CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 4th Floor

23 E. ADAMS at Woodward (Grand Circus Park, Detroit)

Demand Governor Granholm declare a State of Emergency and a

MORATORIUM TO STOP FORECLOSURES & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS

Three separate Michigan statutes – MCL 10.31 et.seq., 10.85 et.seq. and 30.401 et.seq – mandate that the Governor declare a State of Emergency during periods of crisis, natural or 'man-made,' and provide special powers to meet the crisis. During the 1930's, the State legislature utilized its emergency powers to pass the Mortgage Moratorium Act, Act No. 98, Pub. Acts 1933. The Act extended the redemption period during which homeowners could not have their property taken from them after foreclosure from six months, to 5 years. In Russell v. Battle Creek Lumber Co., the Mortgage Moratorium Act was upheld as constitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell, which upheld a similar moratorium passed in Minnesota .

We need emergency action now to protect our homes and keep people from freezing this winter.

Get involved. Call 313-319-0870 for more information.

Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI)

www.mecawi.org


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