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Delaware homeowners are invited to attend free statewide housing workshops aimed at facilitating loan modifications, reducing foreclosures, and providing educational information to help resident stay in their homes.
The June workshops are sponsored by the Delaware Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force, in conjunction with the Delaware State Housing Authority and the Office of the State Bank Commissioner.
The workshops will be conducted amidst a backdrop of continued record-setting foreclosure filings in Delaware, which surpassed 6,000 in 2009. Filings have continued near that same pace, up slightly – 6 percent – for the first four months of 2010, to 2,044 vs. 1,925 during the same period last year.
A more disturbing but not unexpected trend is the record pace of sheriff sales of foreclosed homes, with June's monthly record of more than 500 homes expected to be broken in July with close to 600 homes.
The workshops, to be held in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties, are scheduled for:
- 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 at Chase Center on the Rivefront, 815 Justison St., Wilmington
- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 at Outlook at the Duncan Center, 500 W. Loockerman St., Dover
- 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 at Wester Sussex Boys & Girls Club, 310 Virginia Ave., Seaford
“Attorney General Biden's Mortgage Fraud Task Force is taking action to reduce foreclosures and combat housing scams statewide,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Charles Butler said. “We urge homeowners who have missed mortgage payments or are concerned about losing their homes to foreclosure or housing fraud to attend these workshops and get free help they need and deserve.”
Homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect foreclosure fraud are urged to attend and receive immediate on-site help from housing professionals.
At each workshop, mortgage brokers, state employees and HUD-certified housing counselors will discuss mortgage modifications, the Delaware Mortgage Assistance Program (DEMAP) and other government homeowner programs, and foreclosure rescue scams.
Certified housing counselors from many non-profit agencies across Delaware will also be on-hand to meet with homeowners, including YWCA, Neighborhood House, Hockessin Community Center, CCCS of Maryland & Delaware, First State Community Action, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DCRAC), Interfaith Community Housing and NCALL.
For more information about the June 8 and 9 workshops, call the Attorney General’s Foreclosure Hotline at 1-800-220-5424, visit www.deforeclosurehelp.org or visit the attorney general's website.
Delaware homeowners are invited to attend free statewide housing workshops aimed at facilitating loan modifications, reducing foreclosures, and providing educational information to help resident stay in their homes.
The June workshops are sponsored by the Delaware Attorney General’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force, in conjunction with the Delaware State Housing Authority and the Office of the State Bank Commissioner.
The workshops will be conducted amidst a backdrop of continued record-setting foreclosure filings in Delaware, which surpassed 6,000 in 2009. Filings have continued near that same pace, up slightly – 6 percent – for the first four months of 2010, to 2,044 vs. 1,925 during the same period last year.
A more disturbing but not unexpected trend is the record pace of sheriff sales of foreclosed homes, with June's monthly record of more than 500 homes expected to be broken in July with close to 600 homes.
The workshops, to be held in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties, are scheduled for:
- 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8 at Chase Center on the Rivefront, 815 Justison St., Wilmington
- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 at Outlook at the Duncan Center, 500 W. Loockerman St., Dover
- 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9 at Wester Sussex Boys & Girls Club, 310 Virginia Ave., Seaford
“Attorney General Biden's Mortgage Fraud Task Force is taking action to reduce foreclosures and combat housing scams statewide,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Charles Butler said. “We urge homeowners who have missed mortgage payments or are concerned about losing their homes to foreclosure or housing fraud to attend these workshops and get free help they need and deserve.”
Homeowners who are worried about missing a mortgage payment, are facing foreclosure, or suspect foreclosure fraud are urged to attend and receive immediate on-site help from housing professionals.
At each workshop, mortgage brokers, state employees and HUD-certified housing counselors will discuss mortgage modifications, the Delaware Mortgage Assistance Program (DEMAP) and other government homeowner programs, and foreclosure rescue scams.
Certified housing counselors from many non-profit agencies across Delaware will also be on-hand to meet with homeowners, including YWCA, Neighborhood House, Hockessin Community Center, CCCS of Maryland & Delaware, First State Community Action, Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DCRAC), Interfaith Community Housing and NCALL.
For more information about the June 8 and 9 workshops, call the Attorney General’s Foreclosure Hotline at 1-800-220-5424, visit www.deforeclosurehelp.org or visit the attorney general's website.
