Ohio Announces Free Legal Assistance To Low Income Ohioans Behind On House Payments; Attorney Foreclosure Defense Training Ongoing

In Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reports:

• Low-income Ohioans facing foreclosure now have access to free legal help. Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio Bar Association have mobilized 1,100 lawyers statewide to offer free legal services to those Ohioans who earn $54,000 or less to help them keep their homes. [...] In addition to free legal help, the campaign also offers homeowners a new foreclosure hot line, 1-888-404-4674, to call for help. Consumers can also access information on the Web site www.savethedream.ohio.gov.

For more, see Low-income Ohioans facing foreclosure offered free legal aid.

See also State adds free legal aid to foreclosure prevention effort:

• Gov. Ted Strickland, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer and several other state officials gathered Tuesday to announce it has added the legal component to its Save the Dream initiative [... . S]tate officials last month sent letters to more than 34,000 registered Ohio attorneys requesting they help provide free legal aid. As of Tuesday, more than 1,100 attorneys have registered. About 350 of those attorneys have received foreclosure training from the Ohio State Bar Association, while more training sessions are scheduled, officials said.