1 00:00:01,168 --> 00:00:02,202 SAHLINS 2 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:03,070 A GIANT OF 3 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:04,805 AMERICAN COMEDY AND 4 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:05,138 THEATER. 5 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:05,939 THE 6 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:07,474 FORECLOSURE CRISIS HAS 7 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:08,041 HIT 8 00:00:08,041 --> 00:00:09,176 CHICAGO HARD. 9 00:00:09,176 --> 00:00:10,711 ACCORDINGACCORDING TO RESEARCH TODAY 10 00:00:10,711 --> 00:00:12,012 60,000 OF CITY'S 11 00:00:12,012 --> 00:00:12,846 HOUSING UNITS 12 00:00:12,846 --> 00:00:13,747 HAVE 13 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:14,748 ENTERED 14 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:15,516 FORECLOSURE THE 15 00:00:15,516 --> 00:00:17,217 PAST FOUR YEARS 16 00:00:17,217 --> 00:00:17,651 ALONE. 17 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:19,152 WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT 18 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:19,820 REMAINS? 19 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:21,455 THIS IS THE STORY OF A GROUP OF 20 00:00:21,455 --> 00:00:22,723 HOUSING ACTIVITIES WHO DECIDED 21 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,291 TO TAKE THE 22 00:00:24,291 --> 00:00:24,925 FORECLOSURE CRISIS 23 00:00:24,925 --> 00:00:26,126 INTO THEIR OWN 24 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:26,894 HANDS 25 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:27,394 LITERALLY. 26 00:00:27,394 --> 00:00:28,595 FOR THEM THE SOARING 27 00:00:28,595 --> 00:00:29,596 NUMBER OF 28 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:31,665 VACANT HOMES COULD HAVE 29 00:00:31,665 --> 00:00:33,100 A SILVER 30 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:35,135 LINING, 31 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:36,236 TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR 32 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:37,504 CHICAGO'S 33 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:38,605 HOMELESS. 34 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:39,473 >>WITH CRISIS 35 00:00:39,473 --> 00:00:40,541 COMES 36 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:40,941 OPPORTUNITY. 37 00:00:40,941 --> 00:00:41,642 THAT'S HOW ONE GROUP OF 38 00:00:41,642 --> 00:00:42,776 ACTIVITIES SEES THE 39 00:00:42,776 --> 00:00:43,210 HOUSING 40 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:44,444 CRISIS WHICH HAS LEFT THE CITY 41 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:45,979 WITH 62,000 42 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:47,214 VACANT 43 00:00:47,214 --> 00:00:47,614 PROPERTIES, 44 00:00:47,614 --> 00:00:49,116 MANY ROTTING AND UNSAFE. 45 00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:50,350 THEY CALL 46 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:53,020 THEMSELVES THE 47 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:54,054 ANTI-EVICTION CAMPAIGN OR 48 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:54,421 AEC. 49 00:00:54,421 --> 00:00:55,589 >>WE ARE TRYING TO 50 00:00:55,589 --> 00:00:56,290 CREATE A 51 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:57,624 PEOPLE HOUSING 52 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:58,492 AUTHORITY, NOT 53 00:00:58,492 --> 00:00:59,159 PUBLIC BUT PEOPLE. 54 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:00,460 >>JR 55 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:01,695 FLEMMING IS THE BRAINS 56 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:02,696 BEHIND THE CAMPAIGN 57 00:01:02,696 --> 00:01:03,263 WHICH 58 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:03,964 USES 59 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:05,699 LEGAL AND NOT SO LEGAL TACTICS 60 00:01:05,699 --> 00:01:06,500 TO REHAB 61 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:07,601 ABANDONED HOME ANDS 62 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:09,069 MOVE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN. 63 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,170 HE COFOUNDED 64 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:11,772 AEC AFTER THE 65 00:01:11,772 --> 00:01:12,306 HOUSING BUBBLE 66 00:01:12,306 --> 00:01:13,040 BURST. 67 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,141 SINCE 2009 IT HAS 68 00:01:14,141 --> 00:01:15,108 REHABBED MORE 69 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:16,243 THAN 30 HOMES MOST ON 70 00:01:16,243 --> 00:01:17,244 THE SOUTH 71 00:01:17,244 --> 00:01:17,945 AND WEST SIDES. 72 00:01:17,945 --> 00:01:18,846 >>THE 73 00:01:18,846 --> 00:01:19,880 CITY APPROACH ARE 74 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,281 SPENDING 75 00:01:21,281 --> 00:01:21,782 $30,000 76 00:01:21,782 --> 00:01:23,717 PER UNIT 77 00:01:23,717 --> 00:01:24,451 TO 78 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:25,485 TEAR THEM DOWN 79 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:26,587 IT'S 80 00:01:26,587 --> 00:01:27,287 ABSURD. 81 00:01:27,287 --> 00:01:28,422 >>MARTHA LIVES IN 82 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,190 ONE OF THE 83 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:31,358 SO-CALLED TAKEOVER HOMES. 84 00:01:31,358 --> 00:01:32,226 ITS A 85 00:01:32,226 --> 00:01:33,360 FORECLOSURE TECHNICALLY 86 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,361 OWNED BY TO 87 00:01:34,361 --> 00:01:34,928 DEUTSCHEY BANK. 88 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,063 >>IT'S CHEAPER TO 89 00:01:36,063 --> 00:01:36,897 FIX THE 90 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:38,298 BUILDING THAN TO TEAR IT DOWN. 91 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:40,200 IF YOU DON'T WANT 92 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,468 THE GANG 93 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:42,569 BANGERS IN TO MOVE A 94 00:01:42,569 --> 00:01:43,237 HOMELESS 95 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:44,371 WOMEN WITH CHILDREN SHE'S GOING 96 00:01:44,371 --> 00:01:45,772 TO KEEP THEM OFF THE 97 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:46,273 DOORSTEP 98 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:47,875 BECAUSE 99 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:49,009 SHE WANTS 100 00:01:49,009 --> 00:01:49,977 SOMEWHERE TO 101 00:01:49,977 --> 00:01:50,377 STAY. 102 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:51,545 >>FOR ALL ITS 103 00:01:51,545 --> 00:01:52,279 FLAWS SHE 104 00:01:52,279 --> 00:01:53,113 SAID IT 105 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,081 WAS HOME. 106 00:01:54,081 --> 00:01:57,084 >>TOW 107 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:57,284 ME -- 108 00:01:57,284 --> 00:01:58,018 TO 109 00:01:58,018 --> 00:01:58,919 ME IT WAS LIFE. 110 00:01:58,919 --> 00:02:00,954 >>AFTER THE 111 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:01,788 DEMOLITION, 112 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:02,122 B.I.G.S 113 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,024 SPENT THE NEXT 15 YEARS 114 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:04,858 HOMELESS 115 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:06,260 LIVING MOSTLY IN HER 116 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:06,894 MINIVAN 117 00:02:06,894 --> 00:02:08,428 WHILE HER FOUR KIDS STAYED 118 00:02:08,428 --> 00:02:08,962 WITH 119 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,797 FAMILY UNTIL SHE STARTED A 120 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:13,767 CONVERSATION WITH THE 121 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:14,401 ANTI-EVICTION 122 00:02:14,401 --> 00:02:14,768 CAMPAIGN. 123 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:15,936 >>I SAID YOU ARE 124 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:17,171 Y'ALL NOT 125 00:02:17,171 --> 00:02:18,272 HELPING 126 00:02:18,272 --> 00:02:18,639 ANYBODY. 127 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,240 THEY SAID YOU WANT HELP? 128 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,241 I SAID YEAH I WANT 129 00:02:21,241 --> 00:02:21,642 HELP. 130 00:02:21,642 --> 00:02:22,609 >>I SAID WE H 131 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:23,443 AVE SOMETHING FOR 132 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:24,378 YOU TO DO 133 00:02:24,378 --> 00:02:25,846 RIGHT 134 00:02:25,846 --> 00:02:26,346 NOW. 135 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,814 THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO COME TO 136 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:29,216 YOU YOUR 137 00:02:29,216 --> 00:02:29,816 HOUSE. 138 00:02:29,816 --> 00:02:31,718 THEY SAID REALLY, COME OVER HERE 139 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:32,019 THEN. 140 00:02:32,019 --> 00:02:33,287 THEY TOOK ME IN AND SHOWED 141 00:02:33,287 --> 00:02:33,554 ME 142 00:02:33,554 --> 00:02:35,222 THE THINGS I COULD BE DOING TO 143 00:02:35,222 --> 00:02:35,956 HELP THE COMMUNITY. 144 00:02:35,956 --> 00:02:37,891 >>NOW B.I.G.S WORKS 145 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:39,760 FOR A 146 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,461 DBIGGS WORKS FOR 147 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:42,162 AEC 148 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:43,664 REHABBING 149 00:02:43,664 --> 00:02:44,798 VACANT 150 00:02:44,798 --> 00:02:46,033 HOUSES, A SKILL SHE 151 00:02:46,033 --> 00:02:47,100 PICKED UP IN. 152 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,769 >>IN THE PROJECTS YOU HAVE TO 153 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:49,703 WAIT FOREVER TO COME 154 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:50,270 AND FIX 155 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:51,705 SOMETHING IN YOUR HOME. 156 00:02:51,705 --> 00:02:52,873 YOU GET TIRED 157 00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:53,707 OF WAITING 158 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:54,274 SO 159 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,509 BASICALLY YOU TRY TO FIX IT 160 00:02:55,509 --> 00:02:55,909 YOUR 161 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:56,243 IS. 162 00:02:56,243 --> 00:02:57,611 EITHER YOU MESS IT UP WORSE 163 00:02:57,611 --> 00:02:57,945 OR 164 00:02:57,945 --> 00:02:58,412 YOU FIX IT. 165 00:02:58,412 --> 00:02:59,613 >>ERIC RAY LIVES DOWN 166 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:00,414 THE 167 00:03:00,414 --> 00:03:01,715 STREET FROM THE HOME 168 00:03:01,715 --> 00:03:02,282 BIGGS 169 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:03,483 SHARES WITH A FEW OTHERS. 170 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:04,484 HE WELCOMED THE 171 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:05,686 IDEA OF NEW 172 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:06,753 NEIGHBORS IN 173 00:03:06,753 --> 00:03:07,487 THE 174 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:08,689 LONG VACANT 175 00:03:08,689 --> 00:03:08,989 HOUSE. 176 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:10,657 >>I FEEL LIKE DRUG USERS WOULD 177 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:11,725 HAVE USED IT AS 178 00:03:11,725 --> 00:03:12,726 A TRAP 179 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:13,527 HOUSE, TO 180 00:03:13,527 --> 00:03:14,795 STORE DRUGS, SELL DRUGS AND 181 00:03:14,795 --> 00:03:15,462 HAVE 182 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:16,363 A WARM PLACE TO BE. 183 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:18,198 >>FOR THE CAMPAIGN, 184 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:18,966 BUILDING 185 00:03:18,966 --> 00:03:21,468 COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS KEY BEFORE 186 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:22,436 TAKING OVER 187 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:23,470 A 188 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:25,305 FORECLOSURED HOME 189 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:26,340 WORKERS CANVAS THE BLOCK 190 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:26,840 AND 191 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,642 ASKED NEIGHBORS IF THEY ARE 192 00:03:28,642 --> 00:03:29,409 COMFORTABLE WITH NEW 193 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:29,877 NEIGHBORS 194 00:03:29,877 --> 00:03:31,712 MOVING IN EVEN THOUGH THEY WON'T 195 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,213 PAY RENT OR A 196 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:33,947 MORTGAGE. 197 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:35,382 FOR RAY SAYING YES WAS A 198 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:35,916 RISK 199 00:03:35,916 --> 00:03:36,683 WORK TAKING. 200 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:37,951 >>EVERY TIME I LOOK 201 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:39,286 OUT THE 202 00:03:39,286 --> 00:03:39,853 BIG 203 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:40,787 PICTURE WINDOW, I 204 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:41,755 SEE THEM 205 00:03:41,755 --> 00:03:43,657 CUTTING THE GRASS OR DOING 206 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:45,225 SOMETHING TO HELP THE 207 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:45,659 NEIGHBORHOOD. 208 00:03:45,659 --> 00:03:46,593 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN NO TROUBLE. 209 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:47,861 >>DOWN THE STREET 210 00:03:47,861 --> 00:03:49,162 AEC IS 211 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:49,663 TAKING 212 00:03:49,663 --> 00:03:51,431 OVER ANOTHER HOUSE. 213 00:03:51,431 --> 00:03:53,000 WHEN IT'S COMPLETE THEY HOPE TO 214 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:53,800 MOVE IN A 215 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,668 HOMELESS MOTHER AND 216 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:55,536 HER KIDS. 217 00:03:55,536 --> 00:03:56,770 TO ENSURE STABILITY THE 218 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,205 NEW 219 00:03:58,205 --> 00:03:59,273 RESIDENTS SIGN SOMETHING CALLED 220 00:03:59,273 --> 00:04:00,240 A GOOD NEIGHBOR 221 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:00,807 CONTRACT, A 222 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,009 PROMISE TO BE AN ASSET 223 00:04:02,009 --> 00:04:03,443 AND NOT A 224 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:04,378 LIABILITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 225 00:04:04,378 --> 00:04:05,546 >>BEDROOMS, THE 226 00:04:05,546 --> 00:04:07,581 WALLS, THE 227 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:11,652 ELECTRICITY 228 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:12,119 PART 229 00:04:12,119 --> 00:04:12,853 AND ON THE 230 00:04:12,853 --> 00:04:13,921 ROOFING ON THIS SIDE. 231 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:15,222 WE TRASHED IT ON 232 00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:15,989 THIS TIED AS 233 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,324 YOU CAN SEE IN 234 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:18,225 THE 235 00:04:18,225 --> 00:04:18,725 BACK 236 00:04:18,725 --> 00:04:19,159 PORCH. 237 00:04:19,159 --> 00:04:20,327 >>ANTHONY HUNTER 238 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:21,361 IS ONE OF A 239 00:04:21,361 --> 00:04:22,663 LEGION OF VOLUNTEERS 240 00:04:22,663 --> 00:04:24,097 WHO KEEP IT 241 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:24,431 RUNNING. 242 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,099 THEY LARGELY RELY ON 243 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,167 VOLUNTEER 244 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:27,467 HELP. 245 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:28,702 FOR HUNTER THE REHAB IS 246 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:29,903 A 247 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:31,471 DISTRACTION THAT IS HELPING HIM 248 00:04:31,471 --> 00:04:31,772 HEAL. 249 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,207 HE WAS SHOT ON 250 00:04:33,207 --> 00:04:33,774 75th STREET 251 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:34,875 A 252 00:04:34,875 --> 00:04:36,210 FEW WEEKS AGO TRYING TO MEDIATE 253 00:04:36,210 --> 00:04:37,578 A CONFLICT. 254 00:04:37,578 --> 00:04:38,312 IS THIS 255 00:04:38,312 --> 00:04:39,379 WORK LEGAL? 256 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,714 THE ANSWER YES AND NO. 257 00:04:40,714 --> 00:04:41,949 THE CAMPAIGN HAS AN 258 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:42,950 INTERESTING, 259 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:45,819 SOMETIMES FRIENDLY, SOMETIMES 260 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:46,086 ANTAGONISTIC 261 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:47,020 RELATIONSHIP WITH 262 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,156 BANKS WHO 263 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:50,257 TECHNICALLY OWN THE 264 00:04:50,257 --> 00:04:51,058 HOUSES THEY ARE TAKING 265 00:04:51,058 --> 00:04:51,692 OVER. 266 00:04:51,692 --> 00:04:53,126 WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE BANKS 267 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:53,994 SAYING 268 00:04:53,994 --> 00:04:55,429 MAN, 269 00:04:55,429 --> 00:04:55,829 LOOK WE'VE 270 00:04:55,829 --> 00:04:56,730 FIXED 271 00:04:56,730 --> 00:04:57,798 IT 272 00:04:57,798 --> 00:04:58,932 ALL ALL WE ASKING FOR IS 273 00:04:58,932 --> 00:04:59,433 THIS 274 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:00,767 LADY DON'T HAVE TO SLEEP 275 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:01,802 IN HER 276 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:02,970 CAR OR BE 277 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:03,537 HOMELESS. 278 00:05:03,537 --> 00:05:05,239 AND NINE TIMES OUTS OF TEN 279 00:05:05,239 --> 00:05:06,273 THEY 280 00:05:06,273 --> 00:05:06,607 AGREE. 281 00:05:06,607 --> 00:05:08,375 AND THEY SAY WELL AS LONG AS YOU 282 00:05:08,375 --> 00:05:09,776 DON'T MESS THE PROPERTY 283 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:10,177 UP 284 00:05:10,177 --> 00:05:11,111 BUT 285 00:05:11,111 --> 00:05:13,180 NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT'S 286 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:13,580 MESSED UP 287 00:05:13,580 --> 00:05:15,349 BECAUSE YOU LEFT ATE 288 00:05:15,349 --> 00:05:15,849 BANDONNED 289 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:17,251 FOR YEARS. 290 00:05:17,251 --> 00:05:17,784 >>RESEARCH 291 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:19,620 SHOWS MANY OF 292 00:05:19,620 --> 00:05:20,387 AMERICA'S BANKS HAVE FAILED 293 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:21,688 THE 294 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:22,856 MARKET 295 00:05:22,856 --> 00:05:23,957 TO MAINTAIN THE 296 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:25,425 HOMES. 297 00:05:25,425 --> 00:05:26,093 INSTEAD 298 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:27,461 THEY BECAME HAVENS FOR 299 00:05:27,461 --> 00:05:28,328 CRIME, DRUG 300 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,396 TRAFFICKING AND 301 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:30,163 SOMETIMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 302 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:31,331 >>IT'S LIKE BEING 303 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:32,499 A 304 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:33,000 DEADBEAT 305 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,501 DAD OR 306 00:05:34,501 --> 00:05:35,569 NEGLIGENT 307 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:35,936 PARTNER. 308 00:05:35,936 --> 00:05:38,605 THEY ARE KNOT 309 00:05:38,605 --> 00:05:39,573 NOT -- THEY ARE 310 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:41,308 NOT HOLDING UP THEIR CONTRACT 311 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:42,709 AND SOME CASES WE 312 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:43,644 FOREWARN THEM 313 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:44,678 AND SOME CASES WE 314 00:05:44,678 --> 00:05:45,012 DON'T. 315 00:05:45,012 --> 00:05:46,280 >>THE WAY HE SEES 316 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:47,614 IT HOMELESS 317 00:05:47,614 --> 00:05:49,516 PEOPLE ARE KEEPING IT UP IN 318 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:50,617 EXCHANGE FOR TEMPORARY 319 00:05:50,617 --> 00:05:51,084 SHELTER. 320 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,019 >>A 321 00:05:52,019 --> 00:05:53,120 HOMELESS WOMAN WITH NOTHING 322 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,788 TO DO CAN CUT YOUR GRASS AND 323 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:55,756 KEEP THE FRONT OF 324 00:05:55,756 --> 00:05:56,557 YOUR HOUSE 325 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:57,958 LOOKING GOOD AND YOU SITTING IN 326 00:05:57,958 --> 00:05:59,159 THE BANK, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN 327 00:05:59,159 --> 00:05:59,760 DO THAT. 328 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,361 >>AT THE VERY LEAST, THE 329 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:02,429 CAMPAIGN TELLS THE RESIDENTS 330 00:06:02,429 --> 00:06:02,829 TO 331 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:04,531 KEEP RECEIPTS FOR ALL THE WORK 332 00:06:04,531 --> 00:06:05,832 THEY PUT INTO THE HOMES. 333 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:06,700 IF THE BANKS KICK 334 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,268 THEM 335 00:06:08,268 --> 00:06:09,236 OUT, AT 336 00:06:09,236 --> 00:06:10,337 LEAST THEY CAN 337 00:06:10,337 --> 00:06:11,371 PETITION TO 338 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:12,840 GET 339 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:13,240 REIMBURSED. 340 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,641 >>BEFORE WE MOVE IN 341 00:06:14,641 --> 00:06:15,475 ANYBODY WE 342 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:16,777 TELL THEM THE RISKS OF 343 00:06:16,777 --> 00:06:17,978 MOVING 344 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:18,245 IN. 345 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:20,147 THEY KNOW IT'S 346 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:20,814 TEMPORARY. 347 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:22,182 IT'S NOT PERMANENT BUT THEY ARE 348 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:23,817 THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE 349 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,252 CONTROL OF THE SITUATION WHEN IT 350 00:06:25,252 --> 00:06:26,520 GETS REAL, REAL BAD. 351 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,022 >>TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 352 00:06:29,022 --> 00:06:29,890 ANT-EVICTION CAMPAIGN 353 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:31,525 AND 354 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:32,526 AMERICA'S FORECLOSURE CRISIS 355 00:06:32,526 --> 00:06:36,526 VISIT OUR WEB