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Sat Mar 9, 2013, 11:14 AM Mar 2013

Minneapolis woman moves into vacant, foreclosed home

via Occupy Rochester MN.

http://www.kare11.com/rss/article/1015117/391/Minneapolis-woman-moves-into-vacant-foreclosed-home

MINNEAPOLIS -- There's a very unorthodox renovation project underway in south Minneapolis, at a home that was built 113 years ago.

The people doing the work, as well as the woman who lives in the house, are all uninvited guests of Wells Fargo Bank. They are squatters.

They're trying to make a point about homelessness and the impact of vacant homes on the city's neighborhoods with high foreclosure rates. They've found a novel -- and most likely illegal -- method to push a broader political agenda.

"This is more than just me and my family quite frankly," Jessica English told KARE.

(More text and an embedded video at the link.)

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Minneapolis woman moves into vacant, foreclosed home (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 OP
Wait'll all those laid-off IBM'ers from Rochester join Occupy. Should be interesting. Scuba Mar 2013 #1
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