Addie Polk

Addie Polk, who became the national face of the foreclosure crisis last year after she shot herself when the bank foreclosed on her home, passed away on Sunday.The 91-year-old Polk passed away in a nursing home in Akron. From an Akron Beacon Journal obituary: An Ohio woman who shot herself last fall as she was about to be evicted from her foreclosed home has died in a nursing home.Sommerville Funeral Services in Akron says 91-year-old Addie Polk died Sunday. The cause of death has not been...Read Full Story

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So now we know how to save our homes if we are falling behind in our mortgage payments. Just shoot yourself. Hopefully you will survive the shooting like Addie Polk did. Of course if you don't, it's no big deal. I mean who wants to be homeless in this day and age?Poor Addie was 90 years old, and she must have figured, what the hell. She lost her husband who she purchased the home with 38 years ago, and she was about to lose the house itself. Can you imagine? All those memories; a place she...Read Full Story

As the House of Representatives pass the $700 billion bailout bill, a 90 year old woman, Addie Polk, shot herself shot herself as sheriff's deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home. She has essentially become a symbol of the nation's home mortgage crisis Friday. People, let's be realistic, who would give this woman amortgage at her age? Unless she is rich, that doesn't seem to make much sense. She would realistically not live out a 30-year mortgage. Fannie Mae foreclosed on the...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The plight of an Ohio woman who shot herself as deputies tried evict her from her foreclosed home was part of congressional debate on the $700 billion bailout. Addie Polk, 90, was being treated at Akron General Medical Center after shooting herself Wednesday as deputies were at her door with eviction papers, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said Friday during floor debate on the rescue plan for U.S. financial markets. Fannie Mae foreclosed Polk's home after...Read Full Story

AOL News reported yesterday that a ninety-year-old woman in Akron, Ohio shot herself in the chest as sheriff’s deputies attempted to evict her from the home where she’s lived for almost thirty years.  According to AOL, Addie Polk became the sole owner of her home when her husband died in 1995.  Two years later, she took out a mortgage loan, which she refinanced several times.  When she defaulted on the loan, Mrs. Polk’s lender, Countrywide Home Loans, filed for foreclosure.  Fannie Mae bought...Read Full Story

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/03/eviction.suicide.attempt/index.html Yes, fdm215, it certainly is. That’s what is so tragic. I wonder how many Addie Polks there are in America.Read Full Story

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