How Sheriffs Deputies Carry Out Foreclosure Home Evictions
In Los Angeles County nowadays, sheriff’s deputies carry out about 15 to 25 foreclosure home evictions a day or about 74 to 100 evictions per week.
In the first three months this year, the number of default filings in Los Angeles County increased by 38 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
County sheriff’s deputies Robert Cohen and Anthony Munoz have been checking rooms of foreclosed properties after a police officer was attacked by a dog during an eviction and after a man was seen setting up a bomb outside his foreclosure home.
Munoz and Cohen said they are prepared to physically force out people from foreclosed properties, since it is their duty to carry out evictions, but it is easier for them if the families have left. They said that the sight of children walking out of homes, mothers crying and fathers carrying loads of personal belongings is difficult to take in.
They said however that most foreclosed houses have been abandoned before they arrive. What they are ensuring is the safety of bank representatives that are inspecting the foreclosed properties. They are meeting more house cleaners, locksmiths and bank representatives more than families leaving. They also observed that retired police officers and unemployed actors have been working temporarily for the banks as foreclosure home managers.
The deputies also discovered that more and more renters are being evicted because their landlords have been unable to pay their monthly mortgage payments. In Los Angeles, foreclosure home renters have received help after the city ordered banks to give time to renters to relocate and to provide renters with relocation fees.
But in areas outside the city, renters have no protection against evictions. Many of them have lost monthly payments and deposits after landlords no longer have the money to return their payments.
Munoz and Cohen said they try their best to help whenever they can. When they found a sick elderly woman in a foreclosure home, they called Adult Protective Services unit of the county to help her. When they arrived in a foreclosed duplex, they talked with the lender’s lawyer to give leeways to both families in the duplex to be fair.
Even Ryan Quintana, an agent for a firm that partnered with banks in foreclosure home management, said he is distressed as he carries out his job of talking with former owners of foreclosed homes. In the first foreclosure home that he visited, he patiently explained to the residents how the cash for keys scheme can work out for them.
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