Additional assistance from a national mortgage settlement is now available to Floridians who lost their homes due to unfair foreclosure practices.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced how the money will be used.
“It includes $35 million for down payment assistance, $10 million for housing counseling, $5 million to the state courts because we know how backed up they are to help with the foreclosure crisis, and $5 million to local legal aid programs”, Bondi described.
So far, almost 50,000 Floridians have received an average of $73,000 each. Bondi is urging those who think they deserve compensation to contact her office.
She says thousands of Floridians that are eligible for payments haven’t responded to her office's letters and calls.