South Florida Non-Profit Legal Services Offices Score $700K In Countrywide Lawsuit Settlement Cash To Fund Foreclosure Defense Efforts

From the Office of the Florida Attorney General:

• Attorney General Bill McCollum and The Florida Bar Foundation [...] awarded approximately $700,000 in grants to several South Florida non-profit organizations to fund free foreclosure legal defense work. A total of $4 million will be available statewide over two years to fund attorneys and paralegals who will provide free legal assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. The grants were funded by the Attorney General’s settlement with Countrywide Financial last October. [...] Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc. will receive $340,000 in grant funding; the Cuban American Bar Association, the Spanish American League Against Discrimination, Inc., and the Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. in collaboration with the Haitian Lawyers Association will each receive $85,000; Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. will also receive an additional $104,700 in funding.

For the Florida AG press release, see Attorney General Presents $700,000 in Grants Through Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Fund.