101-Year-Old Detroit Woman Evicted From Home

[one_voice]

DETROIT — A 101-year-old woman was evicted from the southwest Detroit home where she lived for nearly six decades after her 65-year-old son failed to pay the mortgage.

Texana Hollis was evicted Monday and her belongings were placed outside the home. Her son, Warren Hollis, said he didn't pay the bill for several years and disregarded eviction notices.

"I kept it from her because I didn't want to worry her," Warren Hollis told WXYZ-TV for a report that aired Monday night. "I was just so sure it wasn't going to happen."

Wayne County Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Hollises took out an adjustable-rate mortgage in 2002. A default and foreclosure notice was filed in November.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/13/texana-hollis-eviction_n_960979.html?icid=maing-grid7|maing8|dl1|sec3_lnk1|95333

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The son is wrong

And I truly feel for her...

[MsKandice01]

2. Her son bears much of the blame for this...

When you receive bills and eviction notices, you don't just throw them away and leave your mother in a position where something like this can happen.

[pipi_k]

6. Hah

I would say he bears all of the blame for it.

Like you said, you don't just ignore notices and stuff. Contact them soon enough and you may have a better chance of being able to make a deal.

There's a similar situation going on with my son in law. For the past few years he never filed income taxes. Well, they finally caught up with him, after sending notice after notice. He saw a lawyer because the gov't is going to garnish his pay. Lawyer told him there's nothing he can do. He waited too damned long and now the gov't doesn't want to hear any sob stories. Don't ignore them. It will never end well.

[LiberalFighter]

3. I hope that son is not allowed to have anything further to do with her financially

except pay back what she lost because of his stupidity.

[pipi_k]

4. He didn't want to worry her?

OK, was he just not planning on her living as long as she did?

Like...maybe she would be dead by the time the foreclosure happened?


What a dope.

[provis99]

5. there's the "Worst Son of the Year" winner.

[lib2DaBone]

7. A Proud Republican Moment....

This 101 year old should have pulled herself up by the bootstraps... get out and get a minimum wage job...

[tammywammy]

8. What a shitty son

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/13/texana-hollis-eviction_n_960979.html

Wayne County Chief Deputy Treasurer David Szymanski told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Hollises took out an adjustable-rate mortgage in 2002. A default and foreclosure notice was filed in November.

"They ended up owing $80,000 on the home," Szymanski said. "Warren indicates he did not make the payments. He got the notices, but threw them away."
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I'm interested to know if the ARM was under both their names.

And according to the USA Today article:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/101-year-old-woman-evicted-from-detroit-home/1?csp=34news

The house was paid for, but in 2003 her son, Warren, 65, persuaded her to sign it over to a "reverse mortgage" company in return for $32,000, ostensibly for repairs. He admits he spent thousands on himself, didn't pay property taxes and didn't tell mom about the eviction notices. The house now belongs to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Sounds like quite the shitty son.

[xiamiam]

9. this is not the fault of the son..this is the system we live in right now..nt