Foreclosure Cases Swamp Non-Profit Legal Services Offices

The following links are to stories of how some non-profit law offices have their hands full handling foreclosures for the poor, disabled, and elderly:

• Louisville, Kentucky: Potential home foreclosures keeping Legal Aid swamped (case loads have reportedly tripled at Legal Aid Society - Louisville),

• Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Attorney helps those hurt by housing woes (number of foreclosure cases at Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc.'s Winston-Salem office reportedly increased from 25 a week to 50 a week(1)),

• Jacksonville, Florida: Getting tough on foreclosure (clients seeking relief from bankruptcy and foreclosure reportedly innundate Jacksonville Area Legal Aid - both issues are related and both mean standing room-only when JALA hosts its bankruptcy and foreclosure clinics).

(1) According to their website, Legal Aid of North Carolina's Mortgage Foreclosure Project ("MFP") includes a "team" of attorneys and staff who are located in LANC offices (and other legal services organizations) and who specialize in foreclosure defense and predatory lending law. The MFP team acts on referrals from Legal Aid of North Carolina offices and community organizations throughout North Carolina. Go here for MFP brochure.