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Homeowners facing bank foreclosures continue to receive help in the form of workshops and counseling sessions being conducted by local bodies.
The Homeownership Resource Center which is part of the non profit organization Family Services Inc, in South Carolina, is to hold workshops which will provide counseling in prevention of foreclosures.
These workshops, which are HUD approved are intended to provide assistance to homeowners having problems paying their mortgages, are to be held on the 12th of August and the 25th of August.
The workshop on August 12th will take place at the Greenville County Human Relations Office, Greenville, in between 06:00 pm and 08:30 pm.
The workshop on August 25th will take place at the Anderson County Library, Anderson from 06:00 pm to 08:30 pm.
Neither of these workshops have a registration fee, but having to pre register is required. Accommodating children during the workshop however will not be possible.
In Southwest Florida, the Home Ownership Resource Center helps people who are facing foreclosures. Eddie Felton, their center director has many instances of where they have helped people avoid bank foreclosures.
The Home Ownership Resource Center employs counselors who are HUD approved.
In an interview Felton said that among the three hundred people that they’ve seen, they have a success rate of over 99%, and attributed it to the counselors being highly organized and knowledgeable and being very good at their jobs. In another interview he said that they are now require more funding. The non-profit agency now needs help, he said.
The Home Ownership Resource Center has received a grant of $25,000 from the City of Fort Myers. The city said that while $8,000 has already been given the paperwork to release remainder of the amount is well underway.
The city council of Fort Myers has also made a provision for homeowners involved in foreclosures to receive up to $7,000 as emergency loans.
While these might seem like baby steps, they are definitely needed to help thwart the current foreclosure crisis.
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