URGENT: Take Action to Prevent My Illegal Eviction

Posted by Jessica English 14pc on March 08, 2013

Please make these urgent calls to help keep me in my home:

Please Call Michael J. Heid, President, Home Mortgage division of Wells Fargo at (515)213-6117 or email him at Michael.j.heid@wellsfargo.com to tell them to turn 3325 2nd Ave S over to the community to be used for affordable housing instead of letting it sit vacant creating blight in the neighborhood.


Call or email Mayor Rybak, (rt@minneapolis.org)  612 673-2100, ask him to prioritize the homeless over the big banks, and not to evict Jessica English from 3325 2nd Ave S.

Call Police Chief Hartau, (612) 673-3559, ask her not to use our public servants, paid for by our tax dollars, to evict Jessica English from 3325 2nd Ave S.

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Last month I moved into a vacant house owned by Wells Fargo in South Minneapolis. I wanted to put a roof over my children’s heads, but I also wanted to take a stand for the every American’s right to have safe and equitable housing.  Our community wants to reclaim the house to provide affordable housing instead of letting it rot.

But Wells Fargo has sent employees to break into the house to change the locks three times and now they’re pressuring the police to illegally evict me.

Just yesterday, three police officers attempted to carry out an illegal eviction of my home--telling the four volunteers occupying it while I was at work that they had to leave. Our supporters turned the police away asserting that without permission from a judge they would be carrying out an illegal eviction. They did not have a warrant to enter the home. Thanks to your support, we have halted the eviction for now--but they could come back at any time to evict my family from the home our community has reclaimed.

Please call the President of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage directly to demand they halt any attempts to evict my family and negotiate to turn this formerly blighted vacant property over to the community. (Number above)



Last month I came home to find a strange man who worked for Wells Fargo inside my house who claimed he thought it was vacant and left when I assured him it was not. Though they know that I live there, they’ve broken in and locked my possessions inside the home two more times since then claiming the home is abandoned. It’s terrifying.

Can you make a few quick calls to help put a stop to these illegal eviction attempts and harassment of my family?

These intimidation tactics are against the law, and represent repeated flagrant violations of due process. Only a judge can authorize an eviction of a resident of a home, yet Wells Fargo, aided by officials from the City of Minneapolis, is attempting to force me out.

Wells Fargo has assured me that I will be evicted and arrested for trespassing, but the real crime is leaving all these homes vacant while families seek shelter. It makes no sense that the city and local law enforcement would spend public resources to evict a home that has been restored from blight by neighbors to keep a family warm this winter just because Wall Street Banks ask them to. I’m not leaving.

Thank you for standing with me. We won’t be intimidated. We won’t be moved.

Jessica English


PS If you’re able to contribute financially to support the urgent efforts to defend my home, please do. http://www.occupyhomesmn.org/contribute

 

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William G. Gonzalez commented 2013-03-09 14:03:13 -0600
To:Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Corporate:
I humbly ask the Corporate Management to reconsider Jessica English, in keeping her home from a foreclosure and or eviction process.There are thousands like Jessica English, who will loose their places of living if nothing can be done for them.Please, help! Thank you.
M Wakefield commented 2013-03-09 00:34:44 -0600
More possible emails- one above does not work.
Cara K Heiden, CEO Co-President National Consumer Lending and Institutional Lending:
cara.k.heiden@wellsfargo.com

Michael J. Heid, Co-President Capital Markets, Finance and Administration:
michael.j.heid@wellsfargo.com

Jerald Banwart, SVP Servicing Operations:
jerald.banwart@wellsfargo.com

Mary Coffin, Vice President:
mary.coffin@wellsfargo.com

Sharon Cecil, Assistant to both:
sharon.cecil@wellsfargo.com

Debra Walsh (unknown title):
debra.walsh@wellsfargo.com

Rick Kelphart (unknown title):
rick.kelphart2@wellsfargo.com

Todd M. Boothroyd, Counsel:
todd.m.boothroyd@wellsfargo.com

And then it listed this address and “executive” numbers:
Executive Communications
MAC X2302-02J 800 S. Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266
515-324-3130
and
515-324-2872

Another posting on that “ripoffreport.com” website included the above, and these:
janel.pelc@wellsfargo.com
almedina.delic@wellsfargo.com
branden.townsend@wellsfargo.com
sanja.wichmann@wellsfargo.com
kimber.dehning@wellsfargo.com

That particular posting said he got “immediate responses” from them folks.

And finally, one other posting listed this
Denise Erickson
Executive Mortgage Specialist, Office of the President, WF Home Mortgage
MAC X2302-019
1 Home Campus
Des Moines, IA 50328
denise.erickson@wellsfargo.com
1-515-324-2610
Becky Troup commented 2013-03-09 00:19:35 -0600
It’s plain criminal that there far more homes that have gone into foreclosure than there are people without homes. That means all the homeless could have a place to stay AND have a vacation house or two. Not EVERYONE is in the dark about what happens behind the scenes. Some of us take great strides to look behind the curtains to see what’s really there. Give this woman the house, and write it off as a donation, for God’s sake. Do that for ALL the homeless and those you foreclosed on and kicked out. Wells Fargo needs all the karma it can get. Besides, if the houses are just sitting there, then what does it matter if anyone is in it or not? The gap between the poor and rich and the horrible employment rate ought to clue you in on the fact that NO ONE is going to buying anytime soon… so stop holding your breath.
Robert Cassinelli commented 2013-03-08 17:35:34 -0600
As a 62 year “member” of Wells Fargo (first savings account opened in 1952 with $40.00), I expect my bank to use some common sense in managing my funds which it uses in various ways. And the possession of empty homes, empty apartment complexes, empty businesses, etc., is not good financial or economic sense. Empty properties do not generate income. Occupied properties can be generators of income, albeit small at the beginning; certainly it seems to me there should be a method by which people can keep their “homes” or businesses, the bank can continue to have income (Which can be returned to me in the form of interest – and what is up with earning less than the 4% I was earning on my savings account as I served my country in the ‘50s and ’60s?), and as the economic circumstances of the “owners” improve, the bank might rightfully ask for an increase in the payment (not the interest rate, however). Just sayin’? Come on Mr. Heid, show me how creative your people are in using my money. Right now I don’t see or hear much of any sort of good thinking occurring.
Benjamin Smith commented 2013-03-08 17:34:18 -0600
Just called Mr. Heid and left a message. Also left a message with the Mayor’s office. Sending you love and solidarity!
Susan Gonzales Christensen commented 2013-03-08 15:58:08 -0600
“ADVERSE POSSESSION” A method of gaining legal title to real property by the actual, open, hostile, and continuous possession of it to the exclusion of its true owner for the period prescribed by state law. Check your states laws.
Dick_Castle commented 2013-03-08 15:53:19 -0600
i did, the secretary called, he WAS SUPPOsedly on a conference call. she said they were trying to reach a resolution…. i said good reach one. i think its crazy to have a vacant home thats blighted sit there.
james HOEHNjr commented 2013-03-08 15:46:27 -0600
FIRST, Wells Fargo have you no compassion?
SECOND, from a PR perspective why would let this go national?
THIRD, WellsFargo survived, if not benefited, from the largesse of the American public thru the TARP bailout, to the tune of US$25B. It is time that you use your financial prowess for the sake of those less fortunate, not yourselves.
FOURTH, If the property is abandoned then you have declared that you have no further interest in ownership. Why do you care? It is better to have someone with vested interest in the home than not, especialy from the city’s purposes.
FIFTH, with your ability to borrow at a Fed Funds Rate sitting at 0.25%, give them a super-low or zero-interest loan and if they cannot payback the loan then put a lien on the property which must be paid upon its sale. The interest is only going to cost you $500/year, quick math. I am sure your attorneys have already billed you 50x that number in this case alone.
Bill Leavy commented 2013-03-08 15:23:21 -0600
Be a good corporate citizen: turn this formerly blighted property over to the community.