The housing foreclosure crisis is one of the top items for the Stein-Honkala ticket, and Cheri Honkala on Friday said her own sister is currently homeless, after owning her home for 27 years.

She also talked about veterans' health care, student debt, and the increased militarization of the war in Afghanistan as reasons why she has turned against Barack Obama, whom she supported and campaigned for in 2008.

Honkala said part of her campaign is about going to the neighborhoods where Obama and Mitt Romney would never be seen. "They don't know the fear of someone that's been wrongly incarcerated, waiting for years and years to have their trial to get out of jail. They don't know what it's like to share medicine with a friend because they don't have the money to be able to afford to pay for their medication."

And she said she wanted to talk about the "P word" — poverty.

Last week Stein and Honkala were among five people arrested and charged with defiant trespass and conspiracy for a sit-in at a bank in Philadelphia in a demonstration against foreclosures called "Occupy Fannie Mae." Their trial is set for September 2.

"We're going to end the foreclosure problem," she said, by telling families to "stay put in their homes."

Honkala was joined at the late afternoon press conference by local Romneyville activists the Reverend Bruce Wright and the Reverend Gregory Lockett.

"This truly is a movement of the poor, homeless and unemployed from the bottom up," Wright said.

When asked her thoughts about protesting in Tampa, Honkala expressed concerns about the insurance plan the city of Tampa is using for potential lawsuits that may result from allegations of brutality or abuse during the convention. "It's kind of like giving the city before the march begins permission to have bad behavior, because the city's cushioned themselves to pay out lawsuits later."

Honkala and Wright say they have known each other for nearly 20 years.

The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign and others will march on opening day of the Republican National Convention on Mon. Aug. 27 from 3-5:30 p.m.