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home has to be your primary residence; no va- mortgage servicer, call the VA at 877-827-3702
cations homes or investment properties can
qualify. You have to be at risk of default on the and press 6 to get help. Mortgage servicers have
loan. And, the biggie here, you have to prove until November this year to get the program into
you can make your payments.
It’s not a handout, but it can be a hand up. their system. For information on avoiding fore-
AVOID FORECLOSURE ON A VA HOME One of the first steps is that the VA will advance
LOAN funds to bring the mortgage current and then closure, see www.va.gov/housing-assistance/
The VA Partial Claim Program begins now. the veteran needs to prove he or she can stay
The purpose? To help veterans avoid foreclosure current by making payments on a trial basis for home-loans/trouble-making-payments. Scroll
on their homes. three months. If a trial repayment doesn’t work, down to see the seven ways to avoid foreclosure.
The program was started last summer when it’s possible that a loan modification might (al-
the VA Home Loan Reform Act was signed into though those can be risky if the interest rate As always, beware the possibility of scams.
law. In this partial claim program, the VA can goes up on the new loan). There are a number of
pay up to 25% of the unpaid principal. ways for veterans to keep their homes (it helped If you suddenly receive calls about foreclosure
Veterans in danger of losing their home to 173,000 veterans last year alone). Some of those
foreclosure should call the mortgage servicer include making modifications to traditional help, don’t give any information. Instead, call
to find out about eligibility to participate in the loans, disaster modifications, and 30- and 40- the VA or mortgage servicer yourself to be sure
partial claim program. To be eligible, you must year loan modifications.
have a VA loan, not FHA or conventional. The If you’re having trouble dealing with your who you’re talking to.