BOSTON/Dorchester - When activists with City Life / Vida Urbana trim their Christmas themed “Justice Tree” this afternoon in a Dorchester neighborhood, they’ll be celebrating more than just the giving and receiving of gifts. A family that was evicted from a foreclosed property earlier this year actually will have a place to enjoy the tree for the holiday season.

BOSTON/Dorchester - Normandy Street resident Drusilla Frances can remain in her home - at least for another day.

On Monday, Housing advocates from City Life Vida Urbana and members of the four month old Massuniting Coalition, rallied in front of the Frances' two family brick home in Grove Hall and prevented a Boston Housing Court constable from executing an eviction notice.

BOSTON/Beacon Hill - Over 30 people - mainly residents of housing subsidized by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and tenant organizations in the Save Our Homes Coalition - held a protest at the Bank of America on Cambridge St. on Saturday "to urge Sens. Scott Brown and John Kerry to tax the wealthy and big corporations"to prevent cuts to HUD that would displace thousands of Massachusetts tenants if enacted."

Advocates pointed to recent reports by US Uncut - a new organization inspired by London-based UK Uncut - that point out that major corporations like Bank of America, Verizon and Citigroup currently pay no federal taxes and even get tax refunds because of reporting losses in the US while “parking” profits overseas where they are not subject to federal taxes.

BOSTON/Hyde Park - A family of eight living in Hyde Park was saved from eviction earlier today following negotiations between lawyers with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau and mortgage holder Aurora Bank, and a loud, raucous rally sponsored by Jamaica Plain-based City Life Vida Urbana. The reprieve is temporary. Another order to carry out the eviction, which was to be executed this morning by a Boston Housing Court Constable, will more than likely be issued tomorrow, according to City Life organizers.

BOSTON/Back Bay - About 50 housing advocates from City Life Vida Urbana, Mass. Jobs with Justice, Service Employees International Union and various community organizations held a protest across the street from the Hynes Convention Center on Sunday where a meeting of the American Banking Association was taking place. The activists demanded "that banks immediately halt foreclosures in all 50 states and work to keep families in their homes through real mortgage modification, including reduction of principal. " Bank of America announced they were ending their recent moratorium on foreclosures the next day - and plan to move forward with the foreclosure of 102,000 home owners in 23 states.

BOSTON - Over the weekend, members of the City Life Vida Urbana organization and its affiliated Boston Tenants Association held raucous pickets in front of a hotel and two restaurants owned by developer and restaurateur Paul Roiff.

Activists with the Jamaica Plain based housing justice group were protesting the possible eviction of several families from a residential building owned by Roiff in East Boston.

Protest organizers said they hoped vigils outside Roiff's businesses would pressure him to cancel eviction notices against the residents of 22 Princeton Street.

BOSTON/Hyde Park - A group of over 30 housing advocates - many of them tenants in apartments subsided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - held a rally in Cleary Square Saturday in support of a raft of proposed legislation and treaties at all levels of government that would help low-income families remain in their current apartments at lower than market rates. The event was organized by the Mass. Alliance of HUD Tenants, a statewide coalition representing tenants in privately-owned, HUD subsidized apartments.

BOSTON/Roxbury - Over 80 people rallied on Cobden and Cardington Sts. on the Roxbury side of Egleston Square Sunday to demand that giant banks that own several properties in the neighborhood stop all post-foreclosure evictions immediately and sell the properties to residents that live there or to a non-profit willing and able to set up a resident's coop. The event was organized by the housing advocacy non-profit City Life/Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenants Association - an organization of residents in foreclosed properties.

Advocates say that they are pursuing a block-wide strategy in the neighborhood to demand that all banks that own property there - including Deutsche, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, HSBC, Guaranty, Aurora and US Bank - sell all their holdings to local residents. Currently they are working on a deal with Wells Fargo and expect other banks to follow suit. If successful, they hope to pursue a similar strategy block by block in other affected Boston neighborhoods.

BOSTON/Roxbury - In this video, Press Pass TV reports on a blind Roxbury mother's battle for fair and safe housing. After being repeatedly robbed, the Boston Police allegedly started ignoring her calls - even as her situation worsened. It took a City Councilor and his staff to help change her life around.

Press Pass TV is a Boston-based youth-adult partnership non-profit whose mission is to produce socially responsible video journalism which promotes a more diverse media, empowers communities, and increases civic engagement.

BOSTON/Back Bay - Continuing an ongoing series of public protests against banks they say are responsible for the unfair evictions of foreclosed owners and tenants living in Boston, about 75 members and supporters of the Jamaica Plain-based City Life/Vida Urbana organization held a loud rally outside the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank AG, the transnational financial services corporation based in Frankfurt, Germany, was holding meetings and a dinner party at the hotel in advance of its annual golf tournament this weekend at TPC Boston Golf Club in Norton, MA.