Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Grants, 0717 ALBJ, 74 The Alabama Lawyer 281 (2017)

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Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Grants

Vol. 78 No. 4 Pg. 281

Alabama Bar Lawyer

July, 2017

“Avoid Foreclosure Alabama” was created in April after receiving $3.3 million in funds from the Bank of America’s 2014 mortgage settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to provide foreclosure prevention legal services. The program is a group of legal aid organizations working together to help Alabama homeowners who make up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level keep their homes. Grants awarded for 2017 are: Alabama State Bar VLP ...................................................... $32,500

Birmingham VLP .................................................................. $45,000

Legal Services Alabama .......................................................... $112,500

Madison County VLP .......................................................... $25,000

Montgomery County VLP...