Illinois Servicemember Loses Home To Foreclosure

In Illinois, The Beacon News reports of another active duty servicemember losing his home to foreclosure and having his family evicted while he was still serving in Iraq. This time, the servicemember is an Aurora medical doctor, husband and father of six who is caring for wounded soldiers in Iraq, where the Army major serves as a physician. He is scheduled to return to Aurora by the end of June, according to his wife.

Reportedly, troops on active duty are protected from foreclosure only if their financial delinquency is the result of their military service. In this case, the doctor's failure to pay his mortgage started before the Army sent him overseas and, consequently, is not entitled to the protection afforded by the Federal law now known as the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act. For more, see

• Overseas, and homeless (Army reservist on duty in Iraq is evicted from Aurora home)
• Out of their house, yet family holds on to hope.

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