From Charlottesville to Lynn:
NO to racism and fascism.
Saturday, August 19.
Meet 9:00 AM at Lynn City Hall
Then travel together to march and rally in Boston.
Details here >>

Sign now: include affordable housing in waterfront development!
We want inclusive development, not segregated luxury housing! 348 luxury units on the Lynnway with ZERO affordable units is NOT OK!
Sign the petition here >>

Upcoming events

• Every THURSDAY:
  Meeting for Lynn homeowners & tenants
  facing foreclosure
  6:30 pm at 112 Exchange St, Lynn MA (corner of Broad St and Exchange).
  Please contact us if you want to arrange a time to meet before then, especially if you have a time-sensitive issue.

Lynn United in the news

• Daily Item, 5/3/17 - In Lynn the emphasis is on the waterfront
• Daily Item, 5/2/17 - Signs of the times [May Day march for immigrant and worker rights]
• Daily Item, 4/28/17 - City seeking student sanctuary
• El Mundo Boston, 4/6/17 - Un Día sin Inmigrantes
• Truthout, 9/22/16 - Renters Unite to Demand Affordable Housing
• In These Times, 9/22/16 - Renters Rise Up for National Day of Action
• Daily Item, 9/20/16 - City takes the lead with developers
• Daily Item, 5/1/16 - Workers have their May Day
• Dorchester Reporter, 4/21/16 - HUD chief Julián Castro faces critics at JFK Library Forum
• Daily Item, 10/3/15 - Lynn woman takes foreclosure fight to DC
• El Mundo, 4/30/15 - Marcha el primero de mayo por derecho de los trabajadores
• Boston Globe, 2/9/15 - Hispanic areas lag in housing recovery
• Daily Item, 1/20/15 - Martin Luther King Jr. march
• Boston Globe, 10/26/14 - Rivals for Sixth District seat focus on immigration reform; Racial disparities, job creation also discussed at forum
• Daily Item, 4/25/14 - Mediator: Foreclosure talks could start in May
• Daily Item, 9/10/13 - City-picked foreclosure mediator gearing up
• Univisión (WUNI-TV), 9/9/13 - Tema de ejecuciones hipotecarias llega a corte [coverage of Supreme Judicial Court case involving Lynn United members]
• Boston Globe, 6/13/13 - Lynn, Lawrence act to reduce foreclosures
• Univisión (WUNI-TV), 4/29/13 - Protestan en Lynn por Proyecto de Ejecuciones Hipotecarias
• New York Times, 4/17/13 - Mortgage Relief Checks Go Out, Only to Bounce
• Daily Item, 4/10/13 - Lynn foreclosure mediation plan faces mayoral scrutiny
• New York Times, 2/12/13 - Big Banks Are Told to Review Their Own Foreclosures
• New York Times, 1/10/13 - Bank Deal Ends Flawed Reviews of Foreclosures
• Univisión (WUNI-TV), 6/18/13 - Herramienta de ejecuciones hipotecarias en Lynn
• Univisión (WUNI-TV), 5/14/13 - Ejecuciones hipotecarias en Lynn
• 2012 highlight: Radio, TV, news clips from protest and civil disobedience at Chase Bank in Cambridge.

Lynn Item story on families who are home for the holidays

A great story in the Daily Item about families who worked with Lynn United to get their homes back after foreclosure.
[ Article here >> ]

Lynn United on Channel 5 News

Channel 5 came to a Lynn United meeting to get reaction to the Attorney General's lawsuit against the banks.
[ Video here >> ]

April 20 rally against "foreclosure help" scams

Photos, video and news coverage from the April 20 rally against "foreclosure help" scams in Revere. [ More details >> ]

Beware of "foreclosure help" scams

If someone asks for an up-front payment to help you avoid foreclosure, it is probably a scam. Come to a meeting or call us (781-346-9199) to learn more.
Click here to read more about the relevant rules (from the Federal Trade Commission).

New law protects tenants in foreclosed buildings

A new state law means that banks are not allowed to evict tenants in foreclosed buildings just because there was a foreclosure.
[ More details >> ]

Housing rights

Information including documents and links for homeowners and tenants.

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