This Mr Wise Ahadzi is Muslim. This is not a Arab Spring it's an Arab Winter !
Single dad fights to reclaim his house from Occupy Wall Street protestors after they seize it for a homeless family
By Nina GolgowskiLast updated at 12:15 PM on 16th January 2012
A New York man says Occupy
Wall Street protestors went too far after occupying his own home where he and
his two children lived.
Protestors took over a man's
house in Brooklyn and presented it to a homeless family after they found it
vacant and believed to have been foreclosed on by the bank.
'Foreclose on banks not
people,' a large yellow sign read above the house after the group celebrated its
capture, opening it to a fanfare celebration complete with balloons, a rally and
ample press.
Scroll down for video of the house
rally

Taken: In December Occupy Wall Street protesters took over
this Brooklyn home giving it to a homeless family after believing it was owned
by the bank and vacant

We live here: Wise Ahadzi (right) with his daughters Imani
Ahadzi (age 3, left) and Kwazha Ahadzi (age 10, centre) are currently renting an
apartment in a nearby neighbourhood
Police notified the home
owner, Wise Ahadzi, confirmed with Bank of American by the New York Post,
sending him promptly to the scene.
Stunned but catching possible
opportunity for help, he says if they're
going to be helping anyone save the house from foreclosure it should be
him.
'I paid the mortgage on the
house for two years,' Mr Ahadzi, a 28-year-old father with two girls, ages three
and 10, told the Post.
Mr Ahadzi is currently renting
out a two-bedroom in a nearby neighbourhood in Brooklyn while he works to pay
off the mortgage of the two-story property he says he purchased in 2007 for
$424,500 but has since struggled to make payments on.
Just a couple years after its
purchase, that home price dropped to $150,000 when the housing bubble
burst.
The house has since sat
abandoned with community residents telling the protestors according to Gothamist
that it's been three years since someone has lived inside.

Occupied: The house was presented by the demonstrators to
Alfredo Carrasquillo, center, with his two children, who works for an
organization that supports the OWS cause
'Occupy Wall Street, along with local neighbors and community groups, has pledged to stay with the family and defend them from eviction,' they wrote on their website occupyourhomes.org.
'Why can't you fight for me?'
Mr Ahadzi says he asked them, himself being a victim of the foreclosure crisis
after losing his job in 2009 and struggling to keep up with his mortgage
payments.
But as they explained to him
through his attorney, he doesn't 'quality' for their help.

Horror: The actual owner of the property was shocked when
police called to tell him what was going on at his house but the protestors were
less helpful to him when he responded
The man his home was
'given' to by the protestors, Alfredo
Carrasquillo, 27, who was expected to move
in with his two children ages five and
nine along with their mother, is a criminal justice organizer for a New York
grassroots organization called the Voices of Community Activists and Leaders.
It's a group that works with
the occupy movement to find affordable housing.
According to what Mr Ahadzi's
lawyer told him through communication with the OWS leaders, he has to be with
'an organization' as well as homeless to qualify for their assistance.
'They said they couldn't help
me,' Mr Ahadzi said, angry.
'I'm trying to get my house
back, and they're trying to take it from me,' he explained his frustration to
the Post.
Since the group occupied Mr
Ahadzi's house on December 6, they have made renovations from the basement up
which included knocking down walls and moving his furniture
downstairs.
They said they were preparing
for the Carrasquillo family's move in.
Six weeks after taking it over
though, the family is reported to only occasionally stay at the home.
A visiting Post reporter found more protestors
inside among mattresses on the floor than residents.
As one named Charlie explained
to the Post on the Carrasquill’s
absence: 'There’s not enough room for the
kids.'

Struggle: The house's owner says he purchased it in 2007
for him and his own two children and paid its mortgage for two years before
having to move while struggling to keep up with its costs
The protestors have since
notified Mr Ahadzi that they will not buy the house from him following a meeting
between them.
He has since instructed them
to leave, expressing his resulting anger in all that's ensued.
After spreading first from New
York's Wall Street to other cities across America and then around the world, the
occupying of foreclosed homes is one of the latest trends for the group
demonstrating against the wealthiest one per cent.
On Tuesday they held protests
in 25 cities across the country for homeowners facing evictions.
Currently on their website
they have listed other foreclosed properties in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, California, Seattle, even Hawaii.
All of which they have either
taken back from the banks or are currently working
toward.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087059/Single-father-Wise-Ahadzi-fights-reclaim-house-Occupy-Wall-Street-protestors.html#ixzz1je4NUvrE
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