” They are also dealing with their mortgage company, because they are about $20,000 behind on their house payments, the last of which was made in June 2011.”
What’s the big deal as at this point in time the house will be foreclosed.
Pay up the 20k you owe the bank and maybe someone will give a damn about your plight.
From all appearances, they abandoned the property. I really don’t have a lot of sympathy for them. The occupiers are probably lying about giving somebody $5K, but that’s a smart lie because it kicks it out of criminal court.
This has happened fairly often in Detroit with foreclosed properties. Sometimes a couple years go by with the squatter getting utilities turned on and generally maintaining the property. In D town this sort of squatter has been providing a useful service. These damp Americans look to be just spongers.
This happened to a friend in Oregon.
She got a renter, they refused to pay the rent and refused to leave.
She lost the house, her credit rating and nearly lost her sanity.
I give a damn.
Sounds like they 'walked away' from their house and the $1540 a month mortgage suggests that they bought a lot more house than they can afford, for a 'sometimes employed' couple with apparently no savings backup.
It is sad, and all too common, but the responsible taxpayer-citizen should take the hit in the form of help from the Obamastash.
That is between the Donovans and their bank, and has no effect on the trespassing illegals. Many of us have fallen behind in this crappy economy, and worked things out to spread the deficit out over time, added to the monthly payments. By this account, both adults are unemployed, and went to another state to seek employment.