Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
A California couple claims they were evicted from the home they’ve been living in and making payments on over the last two decades as their son transferred ownership to someone else behind their backs.
Ismael and Angelita Ramirez have been living in the same Fresno house for 20 years, making payments and raising their family, and were shocked when they received an eviction notice in April.
“Every month we were paying $700 a month,” Ismael Ramirez told Fox 26.
“We thought, why did our boy do that to us if he knew the house was ours?”
The house, however, wasn’t officially the Ramirezes’ as their name was never put on the deed.
In 2003, the Ramirezes were looking for a home with the help of their son as they didn’t speak English.
When they found a home they liked, their son signed the title as the sole owner.
His parents objected, as they also wanted their names to be on the contract, but the son and the seller convinced them it wasn’t necessary.
(Ismael and Angelita Ramirez have been living in the same Fresno house for 20 years, making payments and raising their family, and were shocked when they received an eviction notice in April.KMPH)
“He told us, they told him, it wasn’t necessary. And well, since we don’t know English, that’s where they lied to us,” Ismael Ramirez told the outlet.
They did not know their son could upend their lives, until earlier this year when he transferred ownership of the home to a woman without telling his parents — the same woman who handed them the eviction notice that said they were being kicked out of the house and she was selling the property.
The couple has failed to get legal help because they claim each lawyer declines to take the case once they’re told the property’s ownership was under the son’s name, according to the outlet.
(“Every month we were paying $700 a month,” Ismael Ramirez told Fox 26. “We thought, why did our boy do that to us if he knew the house was ours?”KMPH)
“At the moment, we felt the world was collapsing on top of us, especially since I can’t really walk and my wife gets depressed and suffers from high blood pressure over the whole situation.”
(While they process the fact they are homeless because of their son, the couple is staying with their daughter and a GoFundMe was set up by their other children in an attempt to help them get back on their feet.Gofundme)
The page has raised nearly $24,000 of the $45,000 goal as of Wednesday morning.
Ref: Elderly couple evicted after they claim own son transferred home they’ve been making payments on for 20 years (nypost)
