The Yeshiva World News: Treyger Proposes Task Force to Help Houses of Worship and Non-Profits Recover from Sandy and Prepare for Next Major Storm Sheepshead Bites: Having Trouble Paying Your Bills? Avoid Foreclosure And Mortgage Rescue Scams With New Website New York Post: Attorney General’s new app alerts homeowners of foreclosure scams National Mortgage Professional Magazine: New York State AG […]
“Foreclosure scams take people who are victims of the financial crisis and make them victims again by taking their money and time…AGScamHelp is an unprecedented use of technology to make New York safer for families facing foreclosure,” explained Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman at yesterday’s event. Yesterday, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods was honored to […]
Report on the foreclosure rescue scam crisis in New York. The report delves into both the real and intangible damages suffered by homeowners across New York State and provides recommendations for new interventions to protect homeowners at risk of scams. The report pulls together quantitative data from national trends on foreclosure rescue scams and qualitative […]
Imagine you have fallen behind on your mortgage and received a notice from your bank that you could lose your home. You know you need help, but are unsure where to turn. One day, you get a call from a company offering the help you’ve been looking for. The person on the phone tells you […]
Today, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods provided testimony before the New York City Council Committees on Housing and Buildings, Community Development, and Land Use regarding “Housing New York,” Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. At the Center, we are pleased to see the de Blasio administration’s commitment to affordable homeownership included in “Housing New […]
In September 2012, Patti Luo and her husband moved into their new home in Midland Beach, Staten Island. Unfortunately for the Luos—and for so many New Yorkers—Hurricane Sandy struck just one month later on October 29, 2012. After the storm, the Luos struggled to recover from the storm’s destruction. Getting the insurance money they were […]
Last Wednesday, we joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, Housing Recovery Office Director Amy Peterson, Council Members Donovan Richards and Mark Treyger, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, Faith in New York, the Alliance for a Just Rebuilding, and many more partners, including City agencies and local non-profits, at the Sandy Recovery Opportunity and Resource Fair in […]
On Monday, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his office’s commitment to an additional $40 million in funding to extend the Homeowner Protection Program for an additional two years beyond his office’s initial three-year commitment. The Homeowner Protection Program is a statewide network of 89 housing counseling and legal services agencies that provide […]
The Mutual Housing Association of NYC (MHANY) is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 with a focus on housing counseling and innovative affordable housing development initiatives for low- and moderate-income residents of New York. MHANY is also one of our Network Partners, providing housing counseling for homeowners in mortgage distress or foreclosure. Earlier this summer, […]
Ocwen Financial Corporation has been ordered to refund a total of $125 million to nearly 185,000 borrowers whose loans were being serviced by Ocwen, Homeward Residential Holdings, or Litton Loan Servicing, and who lost their homes to foreclosure, between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2012. Eligible homeowners were mailed claim forms in the mail […]
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