As part of a growing movement for a people’s moratorium on foreclosures, Common Law will be participating in another auction blockade in the Bronx on March 26th.  Please join us as we, along with dozens of other housing activists, sing “Listen Auctioneer.”

St. Pat’s for All welcomes all to celebrate Irish heritage and culture regardless of race, gender, creed or sexual orientation.  Common Law (joined by 20 allies/supporters) was proud to march with the peace and justice contingent in the parade this year.

In October 2011 and again in January 2012, Common Law joined housing activists from Organizing for Occupation to block the public auction of foreclosed homes.  We are part of a larger movement to lift every voice and sing in a moratorium on all foreclosures.  Recently, the auction blockades were covered by the Rachel Maddow Show:

Voices for the Downtrodden

Common Law’s weekly foreclosure prevention legal clinics help homeowners fight back against the banks and keep their homes.  Our legal clinics provide legal education about the foreclosure process and about the options that are available to homeowners to avoid foreclosure.  Common Law attorneys also help homeowners identify legal defenses to foreclosure and draft important legal documents.

Thursday, October 20th, 2011 

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

6:30pm – Dinner and drinks
8:00pm – Presentation and remarks
Cash bar / Silent auction / Music

$50 General admission (at door) // $40 Advance purchase*
$25 Low-income / Students (at door)

*To purchase advance tickets, please click here.

Click here to read about Common Law’s client Charmaine Davis and her struggle to avoid foreclosure with a lender that refuses to negotiate in good faith.

Common Law’s vendors’ rights program continues to win victories for low-income food vendors throughout New York City!  Between July and August alone, Common Law won 9 administrative hearings to contest harsh fines against food vendors.  This resulted in thousands of dollars in fines against vendors being dismissed!

Ode to Mama was produced by Rachel Falcone and Michael Premo of Housing is a Human Right (www.housingisahumanright.org).

On August 19th, Common Law joined over 200 people in an eviction blockade to successfully fight off the marshal!  The eviction blockade by Organizing for Occupation (O4O) helped Ms. Mary Lee Ward, an 82 year-old great-grandmother in Bed-Stuy, remain in her home.  Common Law is currently in settlement negotiations with the landlord to fight for Ms. Ward’s right to her home!