4/22 - 9:30 am - Rally & Intervene in Court on Rosemary Williams Eviction Case

Neighbors, friends and community organizations
Rally & Intervene in Court on Rosemary Williams Eviction Case.

Wednesday, April 22, 9:30 a.m.
Outside Hennepin County Government Center

Rosemary Williams, a 55-year resident of the Central Neighborhood, in south Minneapolis will be going to court the morning of April 22, where she will face evictions proceedings from her foreclosed home. Rosemary’s decision to fight the eviction and stand up to foreclosures has drawn broad community support.

Prior to the court hearing,  Rosemary Williams will be speaking at a 9:30 press conference and protest organized by the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign and the MN Coalition for a Peoples Bailout. Other organizations backing the effort include: ACORN, MN Tenants Union, and CANDO.

Rosemary Williams states, “Housing is a human right and we need a moratorium on home foreclosures.  I am taking a stand for all people facing homelessness from foreclosures and evictions from foreclosed properties. We can not be sacrificed to the greed of bankers and mortgage companies.”

Cheri Honkala, of the Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign, states “Rosemary Williams is on the front lines of the fight against foreclosures.  We are organizing in our neighborhood and our neighbors are behind her. We will do everything in our power to prevent her eviction.”

In the April 22 Court appearance, attorneys for Rosemary Williams will ask the judge to allow her to stay in her home, while the legal issues relating to her case are sorted out.

Specifically, the attorneys will argue that her eviction, which will lead to another vacant home, would create a public nuisance for the entire neighborhood. Low income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people of color have been the hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis. Hundreds of residents of the Central Neighborhood and other concerned people have signed legal requests to intervene in her legal case on these grounds.

Linden Gawboy, of the MN Coalition for a Peoples Bailout states, “Rosemary Williams is helping to build the movement against home foreclosures and we will fight  with her every step of the way.”

For more information contact:
Linden Gawboy / Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout @ 612-296-5649
Cheri Honkala  / Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign @ 267-439-8419