Homeowners to Receive Foreclosure Legal Assistance From LSC-Funded Legal Services NYC Under New Grant-Funded Program
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Source: Press Release -- Legal Services NYC
Date: 7/16/08
Legal Services NYC reports: "The Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) recently announced $1.246 million in grants to [LSC-funded] Legal Services NYC and its programs, including $400,000 earmarked for South Brooklyn Legal Services by the Robin Hood Foundation. The awards will be used to coordinate new and expanded foreclosure prevention legal services city-wide. The CNYCN, recently launched with public and private support, assists homeowners and renters threatened by the current mortgage foreclosure crisis with loss of their homes, primarily due to illegal and abusive subprime mortgage loans. The CNYCN, the largest such initiative in the country, serves as a clearinghouse for comprehensive foreclosure intervention services provided by community-based organizations, including legal assistance, housing counseling, loan remediation, preventive outreach and education, and advocacy. The Robin Hood Foundation has targeted poverty in New York City since 1988 by finding and funding the best and most effective programs and partnering with them to maximize results. In addition to the $400,000 grant to South Brooklyn Legal Services from Robin Hood, grants from CNYCN will be distributed to Legal Services NYC-Bronx ($155,000), Staten Island Legal Services ($213,000), and Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A ($230,000), to expand and enhance legal services for homeowners in distress."