Help Guide For Connecticut Homeowners Representing Themselves In Foreclosure

In Hartford, Connecticut, NewsTimes reports:

• A shortage of legal aid for the thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure has prompted one nonprofit organization to publish a guide on self-representation that might help people save their homes. The Hartford-based Connecticut Fair Housing Center(1) began mailing Tuesday its free foreclosure guide, a 72-page document that details what to expect and what to file when a bank starts foreclosure proceedings. The document includes tips on the need to keep a diary and log everything that happens in the process. It's important, the housing center says, to track the names of people you talk to, who they represent, what you talked about and when you spoke. The guide also includes forms the borrower can fill out in response to a bank's filings.

• "People in foreclosure do not have money for lawyers," said Erin Kemple, the group's executive director, adding that there also is a shortage of free help for families facing foreclosures as the financial crisis enters its third year in the state. She said her group has one attorney on staff handling some cases and the hope is this guide will provide assistance to those who need it most. The guide can be downloaded from the housing center's Web site, [...] or ordered by mail or phone from the group. There is no charge.

For more, see Foreclosure fighters offer self-help guide.

For the self-help guide, see Representing Yourself in Foreclosure: A Guide for Connecticut Homeowners.

(1) According to their website, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that individual choice, and not discrimination, determines where people live in Connecticut.