{"id":6983,"date":"2009-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-demands-answers-on-mortgage-relief-funds\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:35","slug":"merkley-demands-answers-on-mortgage-relief-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-demands-answers-on-mortgage-relief-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley exige respuestas sobre los fondos de ayuda hipotecaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2013 Expresando su frustraci\u00f3n por la lentitud de un programa clave, el Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley est\u00e1 presionando a los funcionarios federales para que expliquen por qu\u00e9 $75 mil millones en fondos para ayudar a las personas a evitar ejecuciones hipotecarias no est\u00e1n llegando m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido a las personas necesitadas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">En un par de cartas esta semana al secretario del Tesoro, Timothy Geithner, y Shawn Duncan, quien dirige el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, Merkley expres\u00f3 su descontento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cLe escribo nuevamente para expresar mi frustraci\u00f3n de que las solicitudes de ejecuci\u00f3n hipotecaria contin\u00faan superando las modificaciones de pr\u00e9stamos\u201d, escribi\u00f3 Merkley. \u201cCreo que el programa Making Home Affordable tiene m\u00e1s potencial para ayudar a los propietarios de viviendas con problemas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Y hoy, Merkley presion\u00f3 a un funcionario del Tesoro durante una audiencia en el Senado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">&quot;Hasta la fecha... hemos gastado, en la puerta, $288 mil millones en los bancos, $76 mil millones en la industria automotriz y... $270,000 seg\u00fan (la Oficina de Responsabilidad General independiente) para nuestros propietarios&quot;, dijo Merkley al subsecretario del Tesoro, Herbert. M.Allison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Allison dijo que la agencia est\u00e1 mejorando y que se han solucionado los problemas iniciales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cEstamos trabajando con los administradores para tratar de implementar, tan r\u00e1pido como podamos, procedimientos simplificados para que las personas ingresen a este programa\u201d, dijo Allison a Merkley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cQuiero se\u00f1alar que esta crisis ya lleva dos a\u00f1os. Cuando la administraci\u00f3n de Obama entr\u00f3 en vigor, puso en marcha este programa, que es, con mucho, el programa de modificaci\u00f3n de hipotecas m\u00e1s grande jam\u00e1s intentado. Ya es el m\u00e1s exitoso, aunque no est\u00e1 cerca de los n\u00fameros que queremos ver\u201d, dijo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Merkley tiene un apego especial al programa. El dinero fue agregado por la administraci\u00f3n de Obama ante la insistencia de Merkley y otros senadores a cambio de su apoyo en enero pasado a la legislaci\u00f3n para liberar $350 mil millones en fondos para salvar a los bancos en problemas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Tal como est\u00e1 escrito, el programa intenta ayudar a aproximadamente 9 millones de personas a reducir el pago mensual de su hipoteca. Para calificar, los pr\u00e9stamos deben ser propiedad o estar garantizados por prestamistas casi federales Fannie Mae o Freddie Mac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Si bien los funcionarios del gobierno dicen que el programa se ha acelerado, Merkley y otros dicen que hay m\u00e1s por hacer. Este no es un ejercicio acad\u00e9mico para muchos en Oreg\u00f3n. La tasa de ejecuci\u00f3n hipotecaria del estado es la quinta m\u00e1s alta de la naci\u00f3n, seg\u00fan RealtyTrac, con un aumento del 218 por ciento en el n\u00famero de viviendas en ejecuci\u00f3n hipotecaria desde 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cEn este momento, el manejo de las modificaciones por parte de los administradores es una caja negra\u201d, dijo Merkley en su carta a Geithner y Donovan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cLos prestatarios y asesores deben saber cu\u00e1l es su posici\u00f3n en el proceso y ser capaces de identificar y mejorar los obst\u00e1culos para su modificaci\u00f3n. Se debe exigir a los administradores que establezcan un mecanismo de apelaci\u00f3n y correcci\u00f3n de errores, y se debe proporcionar a los asesores contactos de escalada para cada administrador de pr\u00e9stamos. Esto ayudar\u00e1 a identificar d\u00f3nde est\u00e1n ocurriendo los problemas y acelerar su correcci\u00f3n\u201d, dec\u00eda la carta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Merkley tambi\u00e9n recomend\u00f3 varios cambios que, dijo, har\u00edan que el sistema fuera m\u00e1s eficiente y f\u00e1cil de usar. Incluyen el uso de un \u201cportal \u00fanico\u201d a trav\u00e9s del cual se pueden presentar todos los documentos; un \u00fanico punto de contacto para las personas que intentan navegar por el complicado proceso; y proporcionando m\u00e1s \u201ctransparencia\u201d al programa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Javascript:openWin('http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2009\/09\/merkley_demands_answers_on_mor.html');\"><strong>Leer m\u00e1s-&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Expressing frustration at the slow pace of a key program, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is pressing federal officials to explain why $75 billion in funding to help people avoid foreclosure is not flowing faster to people in need. 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