Saving For a Space Ship Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) just been on Itv 6pm news.. searching for link.. Edit: Cannot find a link, but the gist of it was mainly a grim interview with a 50+ year old woman. Journalist said they had 'reoccupied' the house from which they had been repo'd from shortly before. The woman said they could not sell it (presumably meaning the lender) and that they could not afford to go anywhere else. I think they said it was the first case of this kind in the uk (presumably meaning in this crunch), although happening in the US a lot . Unhappy viewing for many Itv punters, but nice to see the repo'd folks fighting back Edited December 1, 2008 by Saving For a Space Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Well done them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Well done them! +1 Give the bankers hell and make them fight for their pound of flesh. I sincerely hope many others take this course of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild card Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I know a family in NI doing exactly this. Repo'd in February. Struggled to get rental as credit was bad and they didn't have 6 months rent upfront. After kipping on friends sofas with 3 kids they went back into their own house in May. The locks had not been changed and the house has not been seen for sale on line or in the local auctions. Water was on and electric was on a prepaid meter so they just topped it up and moved their furniture back in. They are currently signing on as squatters. The repo happened as a direct result of redundancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboypass Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Call me niave but why are we congratulating this?? Surely this means HPC will not happen as soon banks will not repossess...? Also all these people are now living for free whilst same time we are burning money trying to sustain our pitiful lifes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 I had another look for a re-watch itv news vid, but don't normally watch it, so don't know where it is. Perhaps it will appear on the Itv News at Ten. Perhaps a regular viewer could post it, when and if it appears. I did notice that Itv have published today, a pretty small guide to "avoiding repossession" on their website http://www.itv.com/News/newsspecial/Adhoc/...ce/default.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightytharg Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Well done them! So first they kept prices artificially high buy buying a house they couldn't afford. Then they failed to honour their obligations to the bank. Then they try to keep an honest family from moving into the repossession. They're total scum and yet you lefties applaud them. What's wrong with this country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 So first they kept prices artificially high buy buying a house they couldn't afford. Then they failed to honour their obligations to the bank. Then they try to keep an honest family from moving into the repossession.They're total scum and yet you lefties applaud them. What's wrong with this country? Damn right. They should be tortured. ******ing ears and fingers cut off, then beaten to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightytharg Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Damn right. They should be tortured. ******ing ears and fingers cut off, then beaten to death. No, you're thinking of traffic wardens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 They're total scum and yet you lefties applaud them. What's wrong with this country? Go and ask your capitalist banker buddies, they're the ones who destroyed the economy. To break this down into a choice between capitalism and socialism is too simplistic in any case. Blind following of either system only leads to corruption and systemic failure in the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Damn right. They should be tortured. ******ing ears and fingers cut off, then beaten to death. Are you twelve years old? Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methinkshe Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Repo'd and squat - it's the new black, dontchaknow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 So first they kept prices artificially high buy buying a house they couldn't afford. Then they failed to honour their obligations to the bank. Then they try to keep an honest family from moving into the repossession.They're total scum and yet you lefties applaud them. What's wrong with this country? bankers made prices go high by dodgy lending. perhaps these people should never have got a mortgage? Eviction was due to redundancy and despite a lot of big talk on HPC many are only a few wage packets from homelessness. There but for the grace of god go I and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonoid Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) So first they kept prices artificially high buy buying a house they couldn't afford. Then they failed to honour their obligations to the bank. Then they try to keep an honest family from moving into the repossession.They're total scum and yet you lefties applaud them. What's wrong with this country? The house was empty. They were homeless. What is wrong with this country is that people with your attitude designed its economy. edit for clarity Edited December 1, 2008 by carbonoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry AKA Pod Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Are you twelve years old?Seriously. I hope you're both being sarcastic. Seriously, this site is really getting nasty at the moment. It seems every other post is splitting folk to the point of being nasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DissipatedYouthIsValuable Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Are you twelve years old?Seriously. They knew what they were getting into. Murder's too good for 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adp Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 More power to them - at least they are squatting in their own home. They could have traded up and squatted somewhere much more up-market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild card Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 The house was empty. What is wrong with this country is that people with your attitude designed its economy exactly that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 What IS worrying was the bank made no effort whatseover to move the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methinkshe Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I hope you're both being sarcastic.Seriously, this site is really getting nasty at the moment. It seems every other post is splitting folk to the point of being nasty. Ad hominem attacks are always the first refuge of the intellectually challenged. They believe arguments are won through the trading of insults as opposed to logic and reason. Oh, I shouldn't forget emotional appeal - that's the other string to the bow of those who shy away from constructive debate. Baby P is taking all of their feeling time at the moment, so you might get a little respite from the emotional bit, but the ad homs will continue apace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbn Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ad hominem attacks are always the first refuge of the intellectually challenged. They believe arguments are won through the trading of insults as opposed to logic and reason. Oh, I shouldn't forget emotional appeal - that's the other string to the bow of those who shy away from constructive debate. Baby P is taking all of their feeling time at the moment, so you might get a little respite from the emotional bit, but the ad homs will continue apace. It's the "Hom" ad's on this site you want to watch out for! QUEERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stop The Ride Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Seems a fairly simple (and age-old) question. Which side are you on? Me, I'll go with the people trying to keep a roof over their heads rather than the banks. I'll even take a tiny hit on the house price crash. Fear not, my pretties, for soon we all shall feast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchbux Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 What IS worrying was the bank made no effort whatseover to move the place. Surely this puts them in an interesting legal position? I thought they had to prove they had tried to get the best price possible. In a falling market this must mean they have to get it sold asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Forthehills Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I imagine that if you and your family find yourself in such utterly dire circumstances you will simply ( in the short term at least) do whatever you need to make things better, and if that means squatting in your own home, so be it. Let someone else argue over the socio-economic protocol, after all that is the role of HPC..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest X-QUORK Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ad hominem attacks are always the first refuge of the intellectually challenged. They believe arguments are won through the trading of insults as opposed to logic and reason. Oh, I shouldn't forget emotional appeal - that's the other string to the bow of those who shy away from constructive debate. Baby P is taking all of their feeling time at the moment, so you might get a little respite from the emotional bit, but the ad homs will continue apace. Tut tut...possibly just a touch of hypocrisy in play here? I don't know how old you are, but your thinking is that of a very young person - probably under twenty years of age. Either that, or you are a dyed-in-the-wool Labour activist that couldn't sniff out his own smelly feet in a Chanel parfumerie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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