Home Foreclosure Legal Aid Project Continues | KIMA CBS 29 - News ...

Story Published: Jul 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM PDT

WASHINGTON ? The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) is pleased to announce that its Home
Foreclosure Legal Aid Project will continue to help homeowners for another two years. The program
provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners whose homes are in danger of
foreclosure. Since the program?s inception in June 2009, the WSBA; its program partner, the Northwest
Justice Project (NJP); and hundreds of volunteer lawyers have helped Washington families in crisis.
Program continuation and expansion is made possible by a $1.1 million grant from the Washington
Attorney General?s Office to the Washington State Bar Foundation, the WSBA?s charitable arm. Funds
came from a settlement the Attorney General?s Consumer Protection Division reached with Wells Fargo
regarding its ?Pick a Pay? loan scheme. These funds are enabling the WSBA to extend the project through
June 2013, and expand staff attorney capacity. The additional attorneys and support staff will provide
greater presence in the three counties with the highest rates of foreclosure (King, Pierce, and Snohomish),
and they will be able to provide enhanced training and support for the lawyer volunteers.
The WSBA developed the Home Foreclosure Legal Aid Project in partnership with NJP in response to
the foreclosure crisis in our state. The goal of the program is to help Washington homeowners avoid
foreclosure and stay in their homes. Washington lawyers have volunteered their time and expertise ?
expanding the safety net to families with nowhere else to turn.
Homeowners in need of help who are unable to afford a lawyer should call the Home Ownership
Information Hotline at 1-877-894-HOME (4663) to speak with a housing counselor, who can provide a
referral to the program. For a link to resources, see the WSBA website.

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