Foreclosure Mediation Program To Begin In Washington County

In Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Observer Reporter reports:

• In an attempt to reduce the number of people who lose their homes because of mortgage foreclosure, Washington County President Judge Debbie O'Dell Seneca this week set up a program to avert what she called a "crisis." The judge calls her plan the Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program. It's up to creditors to notify those whose mortgage payments are in arrears of the new program.

For more, see County judge offers program to prevent foreclosure 'crisis.'