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Bronx Legal Services announces program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure
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sources, hold workshops to inform them
of their rights and connect them with
experienced legal advocates.
“So many Bronx families have been
devastated by Covid-19, putting their
physical and fi nancial health at risk,”
said Alexis Lorenzo, director of Foreclosure
Prevention and Community Economic
Development Unit at Bronx Legal
Services. “We want to make sure Bronx
homeowners have the resources and
information they need to weather this
storm and stay in their homes once moratoriums
lift. Getting ahead of possible
foreclosures, deed thefts and scams is
key to protecting homeowners from displacement
and helping them keep the equity
they’ve spent their lives building.
We look forward to engaging homeowners
and providing them with the tools
they need to keep their homes during
and after the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Lorenzo, who has been with Bronx
Legal Services since 2010, told the
Bronx Times that more than half a million
90 day notices of default have been
sent out in New York, which is three
times what occurred during the recession
of 2008-2009.
The initiative will focus on educating
homeowners and community
stakeholders in the targeted neighborhoods
on the various forms of predatory
scams that result in homeowners
unwittingly transferring title to their
most valuable asset, their homes, to unscrupulous
speculators. It will serve as
hub for connecting homeowners to free
housing counseling services for home
repairs, fi nancial counseling, mortgage
modifi cations, forbearance servicer requests
and home loan refi nancing.
Homeowners can contact the Anti-
Displacement Homeowner Help Desk
by calling 1-855-466-3456 or visiting
www.HomeownerHelpNY.org
BY BRONX TIMES
While Governor Andrew Cuomo extended
the Foreclosure Prevention Act
of 2020 until Aug. 31, many New Yorkers
may be in a tight spot come September.
The legislation allows homeowners
and small landlords who own 10
or fewer residential dwellings can fi le
hardship declarations with their mortgage
lender, other foreclosing party or a
court that would prevent a foreclosure.
In an effort to keep people in their
homes, Bronx Legal Services, the Legal
Aid Society, and Neighborhood Housing
Services of New York City, Inc., recently
announced the “Anti-Displacement
Homeowner Help Desk Project,”
a new initiative that aims to help residents
avoid the predicted wave of foreclosures,
deed thefts and scams following
COVID-19.
This will provide Bronx home owners
with foreclosure prevention re-
Alexis Lorenzo Courtesy of Bronx Legal Services
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