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Pontiac — Oakland Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris ruled Tuesday that compensation owed to property owners unjustly foreclosed upon will not be retroactive prior to a July 2020 decision of the Michigan Supreme Court. The case filed by two homeowners against Oakland County was the flagship that helped set a new Supreme Court precedent for how counties handled tax foreclosures. So Oakland Countys decision came as a blow to advocates who believed the Supreme Courts ruling would apply to a...

On the other hand, he sold to it cit. and there are nonprofit thats say that one west really stands out for sort of awful foreclosure practices. there is a group that accused them of foreclosing on something like 36,000 homes. im pretty sure it is more than 30,000. and more importantly, they accused them of not going into neighborhood thats are predominantly black and latino. they deny it. but he will be facing some pretty super just questions over the next few weeks. >> all right. thanks very m...

The bank sold off their home for $48,000, less than half of what they owed. >> these are some of the files of people that weve helped over the years since katrina. >> reporter: james perry leads an organization that fights foreclosures. >> theyre so proud of what they accomplished because they worked so hard to get there. it didnt matter how many hurricanes came, those families rebuilt because they were there to stay. >> reporter: in a statement, bank of america said we apologize to them for the...

>> reporter: james perry leads an organization that fights foreclosures. >> theyre so proud of what they accomplished because they worked so hard to get there. it didnt matter how many hurricanes came, those families rebuilt because they were there to stay. >> reporter: in a statement, bank of america said we apologize to them for the events that clearly should not have happened the way they did. while we did not provide the service they expected from us, were confident this is a unique case. th...

morning of "sister wives" star janelle. going to hear from that family. that big, crazy chaotic family later on this hour. >> barry white. hello. >> no, i get it. thank you, roland martin. roland is back on our panel. i can see how this morning is going to go. thank you for pointing out the obvious. also with us, good morning, will. >> good morning. >> margaret hooper is with us, as well, a former campaign staffer for president bush and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. and she...

the president was he heading on this, theyve always said, look, were the ones who got rid of dont ask dont tell. the justice department no longer defends the defense of marriage act. so you knew what direction the president was heading. i think there were conversations about whether this would be good politically or not good politically for the president because this could rally mitt romneys conservative base. this could hurt the president with some voters in battleground states like o...

>> shepard: getting new details of the governments 25-million-dollar mortgage deal with some the nations biggest banks. a lot of people could be affected by this. today the justice department officially fired the settlement in court. it requires five major banks to give billions of dollars to struggling homeowners to sea to shining sea. the government will stop investigating allegations of abusive foreclosure practices against those banks. the feds will expect banks to bring borrowers monthly pa...

Costly operational failures, would in my opinion, be highly likely. they are managing trillions of dollars worth of mortgages here though others in washington have argued the president, treasury secretary and fed chairman have demanding and complicated jobs as well. and those positions pay six figures not seven. shep? >> shepard: rich edson live in washington. rich, thank you. some help is on the way for u.s. homeowners now. bank of america is promising mortgage relief to 200,000 customers who o...

Read in the newspapers is disturbing and these are things that are under review with the justice department. >> was anything illegal? 14 terror plots have been stopped in new york since the september 11th attacks and f.b.i. director robert muller says the new york police department and its commissioner ray kelly are doing a great job. >> thats a big story. hundreds of thousands of financially strapped homeowners getting some much needed help thanks to a side deal struck between bank of america a...

If they lost $100,000. and on average, there will be a million homeowners that will be helped with principle reductions that will be tens of thousands of dollars. but again, lets step back. this is only focused on the servicing and the foreclosure practices. the truth is, the conduct that really brought down the economy was the origination and the securitization of these mortgages in the first place. thats why the president announced a new task force with the attorney general to bring together t...