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Note to First Mortgage - don’t be a Grinch!
By Lauren | December 21, 2011
Lesliane Bouchard has her share of problems. According to her daughter, Kristiane Chappell, Ms. Bouchard is disabled and completely bedridden due to a painful spinal injury. And if that wasn’t bad enough, it seems that Ms. Bouchard and her family may not have a very merry Christmas this year. Her mortgage company, First Mortgage Corporation, is threatening to foreclose and take her home.
Ms. Bouchard has reportedly been approved to participate in the federal Hardest Hit State Fund, which makes her eligible to pay down enough of her mortgage to keep her in her home. Unfortunately, however, lenders aren’t required to participate in the program. In downright Grinchlike fashion, First Mortgage Corporation is allegedly refusing to do so, which may mean that Ms. Bouchard will be forced to leave her home. Ms. Chappell says that if her mother has to move her adult children will no longer be able to take equal shares of her care, so it will be harder and more expensive for the family to meet Ms. Bouchard’s needs.
Ms. Chappell has posted a petition on Change.org asking First Mortgage Corporation to do the decent thing and let Ms. Bourchard pay off some of her mortgage through the Hardest Hit State Fund. It’s not as though First Mortgage Corporation wouldn’t get paid, folks - it just means that the company would have to do a little more paperwork. HUD currently has First Mortgage Corporation on hold while everyone works to find a more compassionate solution. Come on, First Mortgage! It’s Christmas, for pity’s sake - have a heart and don’t evict a disabled schoolteacher from her home. Even Ebenezer Scrooge would know better.
If you agree with me that Ms. Bouchard deserves the opportunity to stay in her home, you can sign the petition by clicking here.
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