BUFFALO – March 28, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office’s Homeowner Protection Program (HOPP) has served 24,000 New Yorkers statewide in less than a year and half, resulting in 6,660 approved and pending loan modifications. Of those homeowners, 1,519 reside in the counties of Erie and Niagara; and of the loan modifications approved and pending statewide, 797 are located in Erie and Niagara. Since October 2012, HOPP has allocated significant funding to 36 legal services organizations and 56 housing counseling agencies dedicated to providing free foreclosure prevention services to struggling homeowners.
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