Hurricane Irma flooded the homes of many Brunswick residents who live on the marsh, leaving many of their possessions destroyed. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week that it will speed up federal disaster assistance to Georgia and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to […]
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WASHINGTON U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Texas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to Hurricane Harvey. To date, President Trump issued a disaster declaration for the following counties : The President's declaration allows […]
While foreclosures have subsided, Florida still had the highest number of completed foreclosures nationally over the last year, 57,000 in total, according to a September report released by CoreLogic, a provider of consumer, financial and analytics to business and government. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area led the state with 9,603 in September. Foreclosure News
The federal government has revived its Save The Dream program, which helped over 24,000 Ohioans avoid foreclosure during recession and afterward, said Netta Whitman, the director of the Housing Advisory Services Department at Homeport, which is administering the funds in central Ohio. In many cases, homeowners are still struggling to make mortgage payments because they […]
Dreaming of buying car, owning a home or starting a business, but can't save to make those dreams a reality? Help is available through NEDCO and Community LendingWorks . NEDCO is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-approved nonprofit organization, which has a mission of helping individuals and families build assets and gain long-term […]
A federal appeals court applied the wrong standard when siding with a cocaine defendant who alleged ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, the U.S. Supreme Court… ABA Journal Daily News
In 1981, five Vietnam veterans hatched a plan to mount an armed assault on the Veterans Administration building in San Diego. They were angry that… ABA Journal Daily News
A lawyer accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people in Michigan that were facing mortgage foreclosures has been sentenced to a year in jail. Steven Barry Ruza of Orchard Lake and his company Home Legal Group pleaded earlier pleaded guilty. Foreclosure News