Central Florida Legal Aid Office Scores $84K In AG Cash To Fund Foreclosure Defense Effort For The Poor

From the Office of the Florida Attorney General:

• Attorney General Bill McCollum and The Florida Bar Foundation today awarded $84,000 to the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. to be used for a new foreclosure defense assistance program.(1) The program is funded by money obtained by the Attorney General through a settlement with Countrywide Financial. A total of $4 million will be available over two years to fund additional lawyer and paralegal positions devoted to providing free assistance to homeowners facing foreclosures who cannot afford legal defense. “With these funds, we can provide direct legal assistance to Central Florida homeowners trying to save their homes,” said Attorney General McCollum.

For more, see McCollum: Orange County Legal Aid to Get $84,000 Through Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Fund.

(1) Orange County, Florida residents who need legal assistance to avoid foreclosure may contact the Orange County Bar Association's Legal Aid Society at 407-841-8310 or visit the website at http://www.legalaidocba.org. Assistance is also available in several languages, including Spanish and Creole.