Occupy Our Homes moves into Palm Beach County | www.mypalmbeachpost.com

Something to keep in mind related to battle against foreclosures and resulting vacant, bank-owned properties. Lake Worth is particularly affected by the crisis. We still have a large inventory of vacant and foreclosed homes - some estimate that there are a total of 2,000 here. This organization is following an activist route, even shutting down bank branches by sit-ins if those banks prove to be uncooperative in modifying loans. Click title for link. From the article:

An offshoot of the infamous Occupy Wall Street movement is taking up residence in Palm Beach County with a grassroots effort to keep homes from foreclosure.
Occupy Our Homes Palm Beach County is expected to set up an office as early as this month with two full-time organizers who will run campaigns to fight foreclosure and teach homeowners how to conduct their own activism, said Tim Franzen, a member of the Occupy Our Homes national steering committee.
“We get more phone calls from Palm Beach County than almost anywhere else in the country right now,” Franzen said. “The national movement has had an eye on the area, and we decided in the fall to make it a priority to get a thriving chapter down there.”