- February 8, 2012
U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and U.S. Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline joined representatives from Rhode Island Housing today to announce that since the end of January more than 1,475 R.I. homeowners have been approved for the 1-year-old foreclosure-prevention program, Hardest Hit Fund Rhode Island (HHFRI).
- January 24, 2012
When Dorine D’Agostino lost her job of more than 11 years, she started collecting unemployment, but despite a small mortgage payment she couldn’t cover all the mounting bills, she said. She tried looking for work but at 60 years old it was tough and she started to lose faith that everything would work out. Then she got a letter telling her about the SC HELP program and decided to apply.
- July 28, 2011
The California Housing Finance Agency received $2 billion from the Treasury Department's Hardest Hit Fund. Using the money, the now 27 mortgage servicers participating in the Keep Your Home California Principal Reduction Program would reduce the principal by as much as $50,000, matched by the investor for a total possible principal reduction of up to $100,000.
- April 28, 2011
In just one week’s time, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation has received nearly 9,500 applications from unemployed homeowners seeking financial assistance through the state’s Hardest-Hit Fund (HHF) program. Following a successful six-month pilot run in Lee County, the state housing agency launched the program statewide on April 18, making it available to troubled homeowners in all 67 counties.
The counties with the largest number of applicants so far are Broward (1,638), Miami-Dade (1,027), Orange (957), and Palm Beach (939). - April 18, 2011
During a press conference on Tuesday, April 5, Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing announced that unemployed or underemployed homeowners in Florida, who are having difficulty paying their mortgages, will be able to apply for financial assistance from the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund (HHF) beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 18. On this day, the program will become available to troubled homeowners in all 67 counties in the state.
- February 28, 2011
“Our goal is to get the very most out of these federal dollars to assist California families,” said Steven Spears, Executive Director of CalHFA. “With families struggling through a number of financial hardships and the disruption in the real estate market, these programs will help those in need while stabilizing neighborhoods and communities severely impacted by foreclosures.”
- January 21, 2011
Following a successful pilot program and Treasury’s approval of South Carolina’s readiness assessment, SC Housing Corp. will take its foreclosure prevention program statewide. Starting January 20, the South Carolina Homeownership and Employment Lending Program (SC HELP) will use almost $300 million in federal funds to help responsible but struggling homeowners in the state.
- November 17, 2010
The Florida Housing Finance Corp. says that troubled homeowners in Lee County who want to apply for financial assistance from the Florida Hardest-Hit Fund (HHF) may now be up to 180 days delinquent on their first mortgage.
- November 10, 2010
The state has begun distributing $80 million in federal money to help Rhode Islanders who are in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Rhode Island Housing, the state agency that deals with mortgage and housing issues, oversees the program, which became available to Providence residents Nov. 1 and will be available statewide Dec. 1.
- October 26, 2010
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) is pleased to announce that it has been chosen to receive $6 million to combat foreclosures. The funds were made available through the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Emergency Homeowners Loan Program will offer a forgivable loan of up to $50,000 to assist homeowners who are unemployed or under-employed with past due and future mortgage payments, including insurance and property taxes.
