{"id":6814,"date":"2010-03-26T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-applauds-president-obamas-new-effort-to-help-homeowners-avoid-foreclosure\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:22","slug":"merkley-applauds-president-obamas-new-effort-to-help-homeowners-avoid-foreclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-president-obamas-new-effort-to-help-homeowners-avoid-foreclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley aplaude el nuevo esfuerzo del presidente Obama para ayudar a los propietarios de viviendas a evitar ejecuciones hipotecarias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>WASHINGTON DC <\/strong>&ndash; Today, the Obama Administration announced a new effort to help troubled homeowners who are facing foreclosure.&nbsp; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;So far, we have not done enough to stem the tide of foreclosures across America and our families and communities are paying the price.&nbsp; The number of families falling behind on their mortgage payments continues to rise and the recovery in our housing market has been painfully slow for three straight years. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been incredibly frustrated at the pace with which the Home Affordable Modification Program has been able to provide assistance.&nbsp; We must chart a new path if we want to see real results. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I welcome the decision by the Obama Administration to make the types of changes I&rsquo;ve been pushing for that are necessary to help more families.&nbsp; Under the new program, homeowners who are currently underwater will finally have a chance to refinance their loans into a mortgage they can afford.&nbsp; It will also provide temporary relief to folks who are looking for work and having a hard time paying their mortgage.&nbsp; These are crucial improvements.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A foreclosed house is a tragedy for a family but its impact is felt well beyond the walls of the home.&nbsp; The surrounding community also gets hit hard. Boarded up homes are bad for property values and bad for local businesses.&nbsp; That just continues the downward spiral that drags on our economic recovery.&nbsp; We simply have to turn the housing crisis around.&nbsp; I look forward to continue working with the Administration to do just that.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &ndash; Today, the Obama Administration announced a new effort to help troubled homeowners who are facing foreclosure.&nbsp; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement: &ldquo;So far, we have not done enough to stem the tide of foreclosures across America and our families and communities are paying the price.&nbsp; The number of families [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44,47],"class_list":["post-6814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Applauds President Obama\u2019s New Effort to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-applauds-president-obamas-new-effort-to-help-homeowners-avoid-foreclosure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Applauds President Obama\u2019s New Effort to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, DC &ndash; 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