Posts (RSS)Virginia Foreclosure Listings – Divine Intervention
Help to bring down the number of Virginia foreclosure listings is needed in any possible way, and help is coming in from unexpected quarters.
To help people affected by foreclosures the sheriff of Albemarle County has joined the band wagon of people wanting to do something about the current mortgage scene.
With the sheriff having to leave notices for eviction and at times even getting houses vacated forcefully, a program has been created by sheriff Chip Harding which aims to easing the distressing experiences faced by home owners.
Now, every time that a deputy leaves a notice for eviction they?d also be leaving with it, a letter on behalf of the sheriff. This letter would contain details of local organizations which could be of assistance. Harding said that he hopes that the information provided through the program would help people know of options they might have.
This year Albemarle County has seen a 40% increase in evictions when compared to 2006.
In Norfolk almost every neighborhood is facing increasing numbers of bank owned foreclosures as is the situation with Virginia foreclosure listings. With this in mind, the Foreclosure Intervention Network was created last month. They are to work with home owners going through financial problems.
The assistant director for community development and planning in Norfolk, Acquanetta Ellis, said that despite the situation there not qualifying as a crisis, the scenario required attention.
David Smith, the deputy secretary of the state’s Commerce and Trade department, who in the past has worked with the task force of Virginia’s foreclosures, said that the step taken by the city of Norfolk was very proactive, and saw others in the state following suit.
In action for just over two weeks, the network will hold seminars in September for people who have less than a thirty day delinquency on their housing loan. The program also intends to look at how people can avail of help through the bill that was signed on Wednesday by President Bush.
The Board of Supervisors for Fairfax County also made an announcement of a program being launched to help needy home owners.