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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, September 27, 2018:
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District) speaks on his resolution calling for a moratorium on residential foreclosure sales until
City Council has the opportunity to hold public hearings regarding recently obtained data, which suggests troubling trends in already struggling areas of the city.
Read the resolution: http://bit.ly/2DzwD4B
A
And
a
non-pro
desert
solution,
calling
on
sheriff
joel
williams
and
the
first
Judicial
District
of
Pennsylvania
to
impose
a
moratorium
on
residential
property
foreclosure
sales
until
City
Council
has
the
opportunity
to
hold
public
hearings
regarding
recently
obtained
data
which
suggests
troubling
trends
in
already
struggling
areas
of
the
city.
Sheer.
C
C
In
that
tradition.
In
2008
we
had
our
second
moratorium
orange
sheriff
sales
introduced
by
me,
passed
by
this
body.
We
stopped
sheriff
sales
and
we
were
reminded
that
we
had
no
authority
over
the
Sheriff's
Department.
We
were
reminded
that
we
had
no
authority
over
the
courts,
but
we
were
we
reminded
them
that
we
have
authority
over
their
budgets.
C
What
we
talked
about
that
time
was
stopping
it
for
a
time,
because
at
that
moment
the
largest
number
of
share
sales
in
the
history
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
had
occurred.
We
pumped
the
brakes
stopped.
It
forced
advocates
banks,
consumers
to
sit
at
the
table
and,
as
a
result
of
it,
created
the
mortgage
diversion
program
which,
since
that
time
has
saved
over
12,000
homes
again.
C
Mr.
president,
the
time
has
come
for
us
to
pump
the
brakes
take
a
look
again
because,
as
we
start
to
look
at
data,
that
suggests
that
we
are
back
at
that
time.
These
Sheriff
cells,
not
solely
not
of
their
own
doing
alone,
have
to
be
reviewed
in
concert
with
tax
abatements,
with
sheriff
sales
with
deep
poverty
and
some
of
these
communities
where
people
are
having
problems
making
ends
meet.
In
addition,
things
like
tangled
titles
and
other
things
create
barriers
for
us
to
give
them
assistance.
C
So
we
need
to
take
a
look
at
this
and
not
forever,
but
a
look
at
this
to
see
if
we
can't
adjust
the
dials
a
little
bit
to
help
citizens
because
yes,
we're
in
a
booming
economy,
but
progress
isn't
forward
for
all
people
and
it's
time
to
take
a
look
again
with
a
moratorium
on
sheriff
sales,
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,.