To: Governor Phil Murphy
Gov. Christie: Jail the Bankers! Release the Money!
Tell Governor Christie to enact a moratorium on all foreclosures in New Jersey until his administration exhausts the $375 million in federal aid and funds from the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement meant to save deserving families from foreclosure. Specifically those funds should be used to provide struggling homeowners with principal reductions on their mortgages so they can avoid foreclosure. We are also demanding that Governor Christie call for the criminal prosecution of the Wall Street banks who created the foreclosure crisis in the first place.
Why is this important?
We are Curt & Teresa.
Some people might call us “victims” of the foreclosure crisis –but the truth is we’ve become outspoken anti-foreclosure activists and “champions” on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of New Jersey families like ours who were misled by the banks, laid-off during the recession and are now facing foreclosure because Governor Christie refuses to help “people like us”.
Just last week we both risked arrest, alongside hundreds of other homeowners from across the country, at the Department of Justice protesting the “too big to fail” banks who created the foreclosure crisis in the first place. We are calling on Governor Christie to join us in that fight and demand that the Wall Street criminals responsible for this mess are held accountable.
Last September we published an op-ed in the Newark Star-Ledger pointing out the fact that Gov. Chris Christie took $75 million earmarked for New Jersey homeowners and diverted it to offset tax breaks for the state’s wealthiest residents. He literally robbed the poor and gave to the rich. Just a few weeks after our op-ed was published, Governor Christie attacked a reporter for asking him questions about his mismanagement of an additional $300 million in federal Home Keeper Funds meant to keep struggling homeowners out of foreclosure.
Governor Christie has abused, mismanaged and all but refused to properly distribute $375 MILLION DOLLARS in funds meant to help hard-working families like ours. Even more brazen, just last week he asked New Jersey voters to pat him on the back for issuing a lousy $1 million dollars to fund housing counselors to assist families in foreclosure.
This is blatant election year rhetoric by a Governor whose record is painfully clear. Please join us and demand that he enact a moratorium on all foreclosures in New Jersey until he does right by the tens of thousands of families in our state struggling to save their homes!
Release the money and prosecute the criminals!
Sincerely,
Curt & Teresa
The Hamilton Family
Port Reading, NJ
Members, New Jersey Communities United
Some people might call us “victims” of the foreclosure crisis –but the truth is we’ve become outspoken anti-foreclosure activists and “champions” on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of New Jersey families like ours who were misled by the banks, laid-off during the recession and are now facing foreclosure because Governor Christie refuses to help “people like us”.
Just last week we both risked arrest, alongside hundreds of other homeowners from across the country, at the Department of Justice protesting the “too big to fail” banks who created the foreclosure crisis in the first place. We are calling on Governor Christie to join us in that fight and demand that the Wall Street criminals responsible for this mess are held accountable.
Last September we published an op-ed in the Newark Star-Ledger pointing out the fact that Gov. Chris Christie took $75 million earmarked for New Jersey homeowners and diverted it to offset tax breaks for the state’s wealthiest residents. He literally robbed the poor and gave to the rich. Just a few weeks after our op-ed was published, Governor Christie attacked a reporter for asking him questions about his mismanagement of an additional $300 million in federal Home Keeper Funds meant to keep struggling homeowners out of foreclosure.
Governor Christie has abused, mismanaged and all but refused to properly distribute $375 MILLION DOLLARS in funds meant to help hard-working families like ours. Even more brazen, just last week he asked New Jersey voters to pat him on the back for issuing a lousy $1 million dollars to fund housing counselors to assist families in foreclosure.
This is blatant election year rhetoric by a Governor whose record is painfully clear. Please join us and demand that he enact a moratorium on all foreclosures in New Jersey until he does right by the tens of thousands of families in our state struggling to save their homes!
Release the money and prosecute the criminals!
Sincerely,
Curt & Teresa
The Hamilton Family
Port Reading, NJ
Members, New Jersey Communities United