Last March, Dorothy DeBose was given 10 minutes to clear her belongings out of the home she lived in for most of her life.
The 76-year-old retired phone company employee was evicted from the East Oakland house her mother had left her after she fell behind on loan payments, a victim of predatory lending. I wrote several columns about DeBose and her attempts to buy back her house from the property management firm that had acquired it in a foreclosure auction.
Things weren’t looking good a few months ago until a generous Chronicle reader stepped in to help DeBose get her home back. The reader gave DeBose and her nephew, Omar Taylor, the downpayment they needed to buy back the home: $120,000.
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