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Contributed by: Jan Jackson on 3/19/2008

The American Homeowners Resource Center (AHRC) has been a source of helpful information and a beacon of hope for America's beleaguered homeowners since 1997. Families who lived in corrupt and dictatorial homeowners associations (HOAs) had, at last, a place to go to find help for the ecologically and financailly devastating things that were happening to them at the hands of their HOAs' boards of directors (whose strings were being pulled by their HOAs' Community Associations Institute (CAI) lawyers. Many CAI lawyers are also lobbyists of legislators in every state in these United States.)

What HOA homeowners are (then and now) faced with is massive collusion between state legislators and CAI lobbyists toward the ends of enacting laws that can and does enslave every homeowner in this country to their undemocratic, i.e., dictatorial, will once they buy into corporate HOA housing. Assisting state legislators and CAI lobbyists in doing that are HOA boards of directors and their HOA CAI lawyers.

The fraudulent "game" many, if not most, HOA Presidents (and their HOA boards of directors) and CAI lawyers "play" in HOAs is to first run an HOA homeowner out of money (lawyers fees and other trumped-up costs) as fast as they can -- especially when the homeowner is elderly and/or infirm. Once out of money, the homeowner can no longer defend him- or herself against their improper onslaughts. At that point, many if not most HOA CAI lawyers will foreclose on the homeowner's home, often leaving the homeowner penniless and destitute.

Over the years, the AHRC web site ( www.ahrc.com ) has been very successful in bringing HOA homeowners together so that they can give each other the benefit of their HOA experiences and learning, which helps each of them learn how to fight back against their destructive-to-things-and-people HOA dictators. In fact, AHRC has been so successful in doing this that the CAI is now apparently feeling that AHRC is threatening their power-and-money empire. For example, a few months ago, AHRC was "hacked" and went offline for a few weeks. Who hacked AHRC? We may never know, but we can certainly make an educated guess. Currently, CAI lawyers are trying to improperly "take over" the AHRC web site.

We The People HOA homeowners are determined to fight for AHRC's Constitutional Rights until we win AHRC's release from the destructive-to-people-and-things tentacles of CAI lawyers and their cohort Judges (see article below).

Jan Jackson - AHRC Editor, HOA Homeowner and Homeowner Advocate
Florissant, CO

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ANTI-FORECLOSURE WEBSITE IS THREATENED WITH FORECLOSURE

AHRC.com at risk of shut down by powerful realty interests

March 14, 2008

By Danny Schechter (View author info)
New York, New York -

Mediachannel.org appeals to its readers and the independent media community to publicize this issue, appeal to the local press to cover it and to civil liberties groups to defend them. This is an issue of economic justice and free expression in the context of a national foreclosure crisis.

A California website representing homeowners fighting against foreclosures and arbitrary actions by Homeowner Associations is at risk of being shut down in the same way that a muckraking whistle blower site, Wikileaks.org was removed from the internet by a California Judge until a public clamor forced him to reverse himself.

In that case, an off shore bank had brought the action to stop the leaking of alleged improprieties. In this case, realtors and a notoriously anti-homeowner law firm, Peters and Freedman is threatening AHRC.com (The American Homeowner's Resource Center) which stands up for aggrieved homeowners.

"This case epitomizes the struggle we are in" says Elizabeth McMahon who runs AHRC News based in San Juan Capistrano, California. "It is a conflict between human rights and property rights with avaricious lawyers and corrupted courts trying to silence a voice of homeowners."

THE THREAT

The Peters and Freedman [law] firm which represents more than 700 homeowners associations is trying to seize the site's domain name as an extension of a battle with a homeowner who insists she is being wronged by the courts who are enforcing the rights of corporately controlled homeowner associations over the rights of property holders. Compounding the problem are state laws, passed by the power of the Real Estate Lobby, that force homeowners to join and pay dues to these company-union type organizations that operate undemocratically and then dictate to them with little right of appeal appeal.

This week, Homeowner Association foreclosure lawyers Peters & Freedman are asking an Orange County Superior Court to shut down the homeowners networking, publishing and communications website ahrc.com. The AHRC says they are misrepresenting the facts in a fraudulent manner -- in much the same way that subprime loads were made.

This case is on appeal but Judge Clay Smith, (who was challenged for bias but did not contest it and hence is removed from the case), signed a judgment for "Sanctions" of $40,000 after homeowners filed a SLAPP suit in their own defense. The case is currently before Commissioner Jane Myers.

THE SITE

Homeowners shunned by local political representatives, local media, and courts began their own media, networking, publishing and communications website ahrc.com in 1997. It soon became a heavily trafficked and popular website for homeowners, media, public officials and businesses reaching 2.5 to 3 million hits a month.

It has been relied on by virtually every media organization for information on homeowner associations - including, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX. If the Ahrc.com website is closed down, homeowners around the country would be dramatically impacted because these media organizations would not be able to give information on homeowner associations and homeowner complaints to their readers/viewers.

AHRC.com carried no ads and is not a business and receives no funding from government, businesses or individuals. the website is a volunteer grassroots public service effort by several homeowners devoted to providing a voice for homeowners.

SOME BACKGROUND

"Peters & Freedman is trying to steal the ahrc.com website," says Elizabeth McMahon and "shut out information on foreclosure fraud from reaching other homeowners, government officials and the world. Peters & Freedman have been defendants in several RICO and fraudulent foreclosure lawsuits."

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Seniors forced to sell their trailer home shelters to pay homeowner association lawyers Peters & Freedman.

Investigation on Homeowner Association Foreclosure Filings - Part I - Reveals Serious Flaws By Lawyers Peters & Freedman

Investigation on Homeowner Association Foreclosure Filings - Part 2 - The Hockleys Seek Restitution Of Their Home From Peters & Freedman

ON WIKILEAKS.ORG CASE - Bank Moves to Withdraw Its Suit Against Wikileaks Site

CONTACT:

Elizabeth McMahon
AHRC News Services
P. O. Box 97
San Juan Capistrano, California 92693
(949) 366-2125
http://www.ahrc.com

Other Internet Publication that published this Domain Foreclosures in America story

US: Anti-Foreclosure Website Is Threatened With Foreclosure - Mathaba News Agency
A MEDIACHANNEL ACTION ALERT: Stop Foreclosure of A Website

Notes: Publisher are free to re-publish this Media Alert as long as it includes a link back to the source url.

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For more information, please check out the articles listed below:
THE AGONY OF THE LOMA VISTA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION - Peter Amherst
Elderly Face Retirement Nightmares in California Homeowners Association - AHRC News Services
Attorney pleads guilty to illegal sewer connection - Spencer Soper
DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT IN MELISSA COLBURN CASE - AHRC News Services
Homeowner Boards Blur Line of Who Rules Roost - Motoko Rich
APPELLATE COURT RULES AGAINST DESERT CREST SENIORS - AHRC News Services
Misuse of Attorney Powers and Association Contracts - Cecelia Taylor
Homeowner Association Lawyers Foreclosing And Taking Title To Homes - Alex Lyte
RICO Racketeering violations needs to be tied to the Desert Crest Homeowners Association lawsuit - Alex Lyte
Class Action Lawsuit - Ethical Hoas
Bending the Truth to Fit the Need - Cecilia Taylor
"Your Home is not necessarily your castle when you live in a homeowners association" - Cecilia Taylor
THEY WILL HIT YOU WHERE YOU LIVE - Pete Fuentes - FOX 6 News San Diego
Does She or Doesn't She Exist...? - Ethical Hoas
Attorneys, Peters and Freedman, Ordered by Court to Pay Sanctions for Not Answering Questions - Legal Eagle
Investigation on Homeowner Association Foreclosure Filings - Part I - AHRC News Services
Brook Hills resident fights association - Julie Reeder
Foreclosures And Lawsuits In California Homeowner Associations - Arnold A. McMahon
THE FORECLOSURE HONEYPOT - AHRC News Services
PRISONER ABUSE OF ANOTHER KIND - Dan Ackroyd
FORECLOSURES FILINGS BY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS - Melissa Colburn
Senate approves limiting foreclosures in homeowner associations - Jim Wasserman
HATE YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION? - Sarah Max
FORECLOSURE INVESTIGATION ON PETERS AND FREEDMAN - Dan Ackroyd
THE RAVAGED LAND - Dan Ackroyd
Homeowner Groups' Power to Foreclose Is Under Attack - Daniel Yi
THE $140,000 PARKING TICKET IN A CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION - Peter Amherst
Court Documents Show That Homeowner Association lawyers Peters & Freedman Ask for Tens of Thousands in Non-Allowable Legal Fees - HOA Voices
Court Documents Charge Homeowner Assocation lawyers Peters & Freedman with Deceptive Billings - Willowdean Vance
DEVASTATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - David Osterpil
JUSTICE AT LAST? - Cliff Baines
Two lawmakers push twin bills to tax homeowners in California homeowner associations - AHRC News Services
Burden of debt - Emmet Pierce
LEGAL TROUBLES MOUNT FOR SAN DIEGO HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION LAW FIRM - AHRC News Services
MELISSA COLBURN AGREES TO SETTLE WITH PETERS AND FREEDMAN - AHRC News Services
DESERT HORIZONS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TRIES NEW RECRUITING TACTIC - COMPULSION - Desert Horizons Country Club - A Concerned Owner
HOMEOWNERS FIGHT BACK AGAINST HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ABUSES - Peter Amherst
NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE BY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS UNDER ATTACK IN SACRAMENTO - Peter Amherst
Beautiful Brook Hills - Julie Reeder
A DAY IN COURT - AHRC News Services Staff
ENCINITAS RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MANAGED BY TEXAS SENATOR JOHN CARONA'S MANAGEMENT COMPANY INTRODUCES MASSIVE PARKING FINES - Sue Mclean
PARKING IN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS - A FINE BUSINESS! - AHRC News Services
California Lawmakers At Work Passing Crazy Laws - James Galley
Orange County Superior Court Lets Witnesses Lie And Board Members Break Laws - HOA Voices
We can't overturn this rigged homeowners association election without an attorney - Temecula HOA
GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS IN CALIFORNIA - Arnold A. McMahon
We have been forced to pay Peters & Freedman through our homeowner association dues - Sheila Holm
Peters & Freedman Helps Another Homeowners Association Record Invalid CCRs That Increase Board Members' Powers and Help Vendors - Sheila Holm
PROCESS SERVER RESEARCH - Process Server Research
LAW OFFICE ANNOUNCES RICO INVESTIGATION OF HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS - Law Office of Philip A. Putman HOA Investigation
LAWYERS' LIES - American Homeowners Resource Center
Investigation on Homeowner Association Foreclosure Filings - Part 2 - John & Judith Hockley
PROMINENT CLASS ACTION ATTORNEY COMMITS TO FILING RICO ACTION AGAINST PETERS AND FREEDMAN - American Homeowners Resource Center
LAWYER TACTICS AND ANTICS - Palacio del Mar Homeowner
LAW OFFICES ANNOUNCE RICO INVESTIGATION OF PETERS & FREEDMAN - Gottschalk & Associates
Homeowner Associations lawyers and judges are making America homeless - AHRC News Services
Taking on Nixon's Hometown - Ed Wendt
Homeowners Associations: Legal Bread And Butter - Taffy & Andy Rice
ANOTHER FORECLOSURE OUTRAGE! - Peter Amherst
Do you have up to date information on David Peters? - Don
Homeowner Association Takes Home of Mentally Ill Person For $549 in Maintenance Dues - Jay Goldstein
Jeffrey R. Pratt See Peters & Freedman
Simon J. Freedman - Peters & Freedman
David Michael Peters - Peters & Freedman
Peters and Freedman
Michael G. Kim - Peters & Freedman
James R. McCormick Jr - Peters & Freedman LLP
Stephen M. Kirkland - Peters & Freedman
Mickey Jew - Peters & Freedman
John & Judy Hockley - Peters & Freedman & Carlos Sosa foreclosure victim
Keenan Anthony Parker - Peters & Freedman
To: Senator Bill Morrow; Re: Ignoring reports of fraud extortion, corruption and conspiracy in California homeowner associations
Villa Appalling! Destroying the Myth of Affordable Community Living - Donie Vanitzian and Stephen Glassman
SENIOR CONDO PURCHASES, PART ONE: A WORLD OF HIDDEN RISK, LIABILITY AND ABUSE - Donie Vanitzian
SENIOR CONDO PURCHASES, PART TWO: - Donie Vanitzian
Senior Condo Purchases, Part Four: A World Of Privacy Invasions - Donie Vanitzian
Forcing California Homeowners To Continue Bankrolling A Fraud And State-Sponsored Industry Infomercials - Donie Vanitzian
WARNING ALL CONSTITUENTS: BE AFRAID, BE VERY, VERY AFRAID - Donie Vanitzian
PARASITIC ASSOCIATION INDUSTRIES EAT THEIR KILL - Donie Vanitzian
FORGET KHAN AND HITLER; INDUSTRY'S ROLE MODEL IS THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE - Donie Vanitzian
CONDOGATE: Dying to Get Out! - Donie Vanitzian
DON'T WAIT TO FILE COMPLAINTS AT THE STATE BAR AGAINST ATTORNEYS - Donie Vanitzian
HOW DO OWNERS SPELL L-A-W S-U-I-T? - Donie Vanitzian
THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND THE JOKE'$ ON THE PUBLIC AND ALL HOMEOWNER$! - Donie Vanitzian
The HOA Gravy Train - Robert Metcalf
HIRING AN ATTORNEY CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH - Donie Vanitzian
HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION COMMUNITIES: DYNASTIES OF DYSFUNCTION - Donie Vanitzian
PART II: KEEP FILING CALIFORNIA STATE BAR COMPLAINTS AGAINST ERRANT ATTORNEYS - BUT ESPECIALLY HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ATTORNEYS - Donie Vanitzian
THE TEMPLE OF BLAME AND WHOLESALE TITLEHOLDER DISENFRANCHISEMENT - Donie Vanitzian
HOMEOWNER ALLIANCE LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE PROTEST AGAINST CHUBB INSURANCE - AHRC News Services
TEN THINGS YOUR HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION WON'T TELL YOU - Nellie S. Huang
SHOWDOWN AT SACRAMENTO - Willowdean Vance
Orange County Homeowners Battling Associations - David Reyes
CNA Insurance is considering selling it's homeowner association Directors & Officers Liability policies through Community Associations Institute (CAI) - Eizabeth McMahon
California Legislator Gives Rights and Money of Homeowners to Collection Lawyers - AHRC News Services
CALIFORNIA TRENDS - Brad Inman
Homeowner Associations - a Fatally Flawed Concept - Elizabeth McMahon
In the Defense of a Homeowner Activist - 2 - CHAMPEON
In Defense of A Homeowner Activist - 1 - Melvin Thomas
Homeowner Ally Is Ready To Fight From the Inside - Rick Wartzman
Orange County Pair Might lose home for $120 in Missing Dues - Ronald Campbell
Orange County Pair Might lose home for $120 in missing dues - Ronald Campbell
Mrs. Swindle loses House over $205 Delinquent Assessments - AHRC News Services
Land of Terror - AHRC News Services
THEY STOLE MY HOUSE - Thomas Radcliff
KLEPTOMANIACS ON THE LOOSE IN AMERICA - Wendy Clardy
LYNCHED BY COURT ORDER - Mac Kock Lebel
Homeowner Associations - a safe haven for crimes and racketeering - Peter Amherst
Boss Thy Neighbor - CHRISTOPHER CONTE
The Tale of Two Hats - Peter Amherst
Standing Up to Today's Tyrants - Elizabeth McMahon
The New Battle For Britain - AHRC News Services
Mrs. Swindle loses House over $205 Delinquent Assessments - AHRC News Services
Orange County Pair Might lose home for $120 in Missing Dues - Ronald Campbell
Group halts foreclosure against ailing homeowner - Fancis P. Garland
The American Home- A Thing of the Past - AHRC News Services
JUSTICE DROWNS IN IRVINE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION SWIM POOL - AHRC News Services
CALIFORNIA WRESTLING WITH CHANGES IN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION LAWS - AHRC News Services

American Homeowners Resource Center (AHRC)
PO Box 97, San Juan Capistrano, California92693
Telephone: (949) 366-2125 Email: www.ahrc.com
Copyright 1990-2008- AHRC News Services

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