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Money For Foreclosure Counseling Running Out

Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2010

For each of the last 3 years, Ohio has seen about 80-thousand foreclosure filings - 4 times as many as in the 1990's. Some homeowners facing foreclosure, though, have held onto their houses with help from specially-trained counselors to help them wade through the complex financial forms and negotiate with lenders. Money to pay the counselors is set to RUN OUT in April. That has many homeowners and anti-poverty activists worried. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports

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Economy, Facing the Mortgage Crisis, Regional Economy/Business - Analysis and Trends, Regional Economy/Business - News, Government/Politics

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