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Lansing — The Rev. Jesse Jackson called for “major, mass action” from state officials concerning housing foreclosures when they meet in Lansing in the next few weeks.
From inside Lansing City Hall on Wednesday, Jackson said housing foreclosures in Michigan are up 47 percent from last year.
“What’s happening is that those that are losing their homes are so embarrassed and so ashamed, that they’re dying, silently in the dark,” Jackson said in a speech.
Jackson is president and founder of the RainbowPUSH Coalition, a grassroots political organization that works for fair housing, among other issues. He said poor lending practices that lead to housing foreclosures start with all levels of lending.
“At the college level when people are awarded credit cards
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