printAll the characters involved in this operation are de facto and de jure squatters, trespassers, and home invaders.
But to the Associated Press, they are “activists,” “homeless,” and “realtors” with a difference. In an article titled “Activist moves homeless into foreclosures,” the AP prattles:
Rameau is an activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami’s empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes.
“We’re matching homeless people with people-less homes,” he said with a grin.
Rameau and a group of like-minded advocates formed Take Back the Land, which also helps the new “tenants” with secondhand furniture, cleaning supplies and yard upkeep. So far, he has moved six families into foreclosed homes and has nine on a waiting list.
It takes all kinds to make a village of idiots.
Another interesting part of the article:
“Miami spokeswoman Kelly Penton said city officials did not know Rameau was moving homeless into empty buildings — but they are also not stopping him.” –
Well, it is apparently up to the “property owner” to call the cops – but then, in the foreclosure, who is the property owner – the deadbeat defaulter, the idiot bank, the loan bundler, Fannie, “the government?”…. Frankly, this pathetic episode is just a downscale version of the theft that “Big 3 auto executives” are about to perform on the taxpayers and that baseball executives like George W. Bush did to enrich himself with the Texas Rangers. PRIVATE PROPERTY is apparently a quaint concept and everyone should just grab anything using government help if possible. As for the government actually protecting property rights – ha ha ha ha ha….
The Declaration of Independence should be updated to read: “To secure your assets, governments are instituted among men, deriving their booty by force, counterfeiting, and taxation”