Belonging Las Vegas » poverty http://belonginglasvegas.org community stories for southern Nevada Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:21 +0000 en hourly 1 Fantasy loan-mod football http://belonginglasvegas.org/2009/09/425/ http://belonginglasvegas.org/2009/09/425/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:57:05 +0000 Adam Burke http://belonginglasvegas.org/?p=425 Last week I blogged about Bobbi Giguere, the 41 year-old single mom who had the unusual opportunity to grill a Wells Fargo Exec in court about her stalled loan modification. Giguere had been working “through the system” for months, and getting nowhere (…well, she was actually headed somewhere….While Wells Fargo strung her along, the company was simultaneously moving to foreclose on her home…!) At her wits end, Giguere wrote to her bankruptcy judge and ended up getting to do what thousands of frustrated consumers can only dream about. Confront someone in charge:

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Bobbi Giguere joined us today on KNPR’s State of Nevada to continue the conversation. We were also joined by Nevada Bankers Association president Bill Uffelman, and Bill Buzenberg, Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity:

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]]> http://belonginglasvegas.org/2009/09/425/feed/ 0 Newly poor in Nevada… http://belonginglasvegas.org/2009/08/newly-poor-in-nevada/ http://belonginglasvegas.org/2009/08/newly-poor-in-nevada/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:39:01 +0000 Adam Burke http://belonginglasvegas.org/?p=91 People are struggling across the country, and around the world…..

not homeless

This is the story of a chance encounter between two women. It was a moment that changed the lives of one family, very much for the better:

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