so on all of this. why should we be worried? reporter: because that immaterial priewment you just mentioned isn t because we re clearing out the system, it s a slowdown. as we show you video of foreclosed homes, realtytrack, their ceo said what we saw in 2011 was a full delay. here are some of the numbers to put this in perspective. total filings on properties in the foreclosure president in 2011 totaled 1, 887,p 777 that was down from 2009 by 33%, but the only reason we were down is the banks slowed down the process. you remember they got in trouble because of the robo-signing scandal, and that s still ongoing, so they slowed down the process. expect that process to pick up this year. jenna: we hope to see you back on camera soon, adam. there you are. [laughter] we were trying to fix our camera shot. we got a great look at all the house video we have, and an interesting report that we might
i have lived in my home for 13 years and through predatory lending, i have gone through a foreclosure. to date, that foreclosure is actually being looked at because it was actually illegal. i was inspired and encouraged to start start to stand up for myself when i saw this woman over in oakland actually break back into her home. that was a san francisco homeowner telling her story in a new chapter of the occupy protests, the occupy our homes movement. yesterday was a national day of action that saw protesters reoccupying foreclosed homes in
i have lived in my home for 13 years and through predatory lending, i have gone through a foreclosure. to date, that foreclosure is actually being looked at because it was actually illegal. i was inspired and encouraged to start start to stand up for myself when i saw this woman over in oakland actually break back into her home. that was a san francisco homeowner telling her story in a new chapter of the occupy protests, the occupy our homes movement. yesterday was a national day of action that saw protesters reoccupying foreclosed homes in new york, georgia, illinois,
a lot of support. there were anti-foreclosure protests planned today in two dozen cities across the country. here s what that looked like in chicago today. protesters served as the welcoming committee of a family moving illegally into a foreclosed homes. the anti-eviction campaign and the group occupy the hood rehabilitated a foreclosed vacant home in order to house three homeless families there. in portland, oregon, debby austin told supporters gathered on her lawn how after illness and bankruptcy she and her husband were pushed into foreclosure. ours is not just a house in some community in some city. this is home. it s our home. we have ties here. i m sorry. my kids went to school here and i volunteered at those schools. we help our neighbors and they help us. we belong here and we re not leaving.
it s our home. we have ties here. i m sorry. my kids went to school here and i volunteered at those schools. we help our neighbors and they help us. we belong here and we re not leaving. in southgate, michigan, supporters heard from another family that suffered illness and is now facing the prospect of losing their home. in new york today, hundreds of protesters marched through brooklyn neighborhood to protest foreclosures there. they marched to a vacant home which was reoccupied by a family that needed a place to live. the anti-foreclosure protesters in atlanta aren t outside a home, but a fulton county courthouse. not because people are trying to fore close on the courthouse, but this is where decisions are being made about peoples foreclosed on homes. this is where an auction on foreclosed homes was being held