JALA To Utilize Foreclosure Diversion Model

In Jacksonville, Florida, The Florida Times Union has this note buried at the end of a recent story:

• Jacksonville Area Legal Aid consumer attorney April Charney also works alongside families in the trenches every day. At any given time, Charney might be handling 100 foreclosure cases. And while Charney said "anything done is a worthy effort," she wishes [Florida Attorney General Bill] McCollum's task force had discussed better ways to deal with people facing losing their home. "We would have liked to have a foreclosure moratorium to set up an alternate resolution process," Charney said.

• Next month, Charney said, Legal Aid will have its own diversion model: a panel of pro bono lawyers trained to help with the deluge of foreclosure cases. The volunteer group begins organizing next week.

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