Friday, October 03, 2008

Florida Legal Services Firm Gets $200K Grant To Open Office To Deal Strictly With Fighting Foreclosures

In Jacksonville, Florida, First Coast News reports:
  • [T]hanks to a new $200,000 grant from the Jacksonville Community Foundation and the city, a new office strictly dealing with foreclosures will be opened soon by Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. "We're expecting people to come see us who are behind on their house payments, who need relief, want to know what their options are," said Michael Figgins with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, or JALA. "They may have actually been served with foreclosure papers so we're going to focus solely on foreclosures, and saving homes in our community."

For the story, see Jax Legal Aid gets $200,000 to Fight Foreclosures.