NCLC advocates for modernization of antiquated state foreclosure laws that push homeowners into complicated legal proceedings that lack basic protections.
Improved state laws can benefit homeowners and communities.
NCLC advocates for modernization of antiquated state foreclosure laws that push homeowners into complicated legal proceedings that lack basic protections.
Improved state laws can benefit homeowners and communities.
Home Foreclosures
Webinar Methods for Studying Residential Foreclosure Diversion Processes – a Philadelphia Case Study Presentation and Recording by Honorable Annette M. Rizzo, Ira Goldstein (TRF), Geoff Walsh (NCLC); March 22, 2011
Model Foreclosure Mediation/Diversion Statute (Judicial Foreclosure State)Model Foreclosure Mediation/Diversion Statute (Non Judicial Foreclosure State)Model Statute: Requirement for Loan Modification Analysis/Loss Mitigation Before ForeclosureMemorandum on Federal and State Constitutional Issues Related to Foreclosure Mediation/DiversionModel Form for Summary Data of Loan Modifications from Mediations/Conference
Summary of Mediation Programs (supervised) Summary of Mediation Programs (unsupervised)
FORECLOSING A DREAM - State Laws Deprive Homeowners of Basic Protections, Sept. 2009 - Press Release and ReportLegal Aid and other groups call on AGs to ensure that resolution of their investigation of mortgage servicers help homeowners avoid foreclosure, October 18, 2010
Survey of State Foreclosure Laws{loadposition foreclosure-map}
Report: Fast Track Foreclosure Laws: Are They Headed in the Right Direction?, January 2014 Recent Developments in Foreclosure Mediation, January 2011 State and Local Foreclosure Mediation Programs: Updates and New Developments, January 2010 State and Local Foreclosure Mediation Programs: Can They Save Homes?, September 2009 FORECLOSING A DREAM - State Laws Deprive Homeowners of Basic [...]
NCLC Comments to the Massachusetts Division of Banks re: Proposed Regulations 209 CMR 18.00 Conduct of the Business of Debt Collectors and Loan Servicers, Dec. 6, 2012
Letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency from the National Consumer Law Center and Brennan Center for Justicere: "State-Level Guarantee Fee Pricing" (77 FR 58991), Nov. 26, 2012 Letter: Legal Aid and other groups call on AGs to ensure that resolution of their investigation of mortgage servicers help homeowners avoid foreclosure, October 18, 2010 Coalition [...]