Island Harvest offers foreclosure workshops - Newsday

It might sound unusual that Island Harvest, better known for distributing surplus food, has been organizing foreclosure prevention workshops. But increasingly, there's a tie-in between mortgage woes and the traffic at food pantries, said Randi ..., more 
and No agreement on taking Philadelphia's mortgage program statewide - Philiy.com  Nearly everyone at a hearing yesterday in City Hall expressed admiration for Philadelphia's nearly year-old residential foreclosure-modification program. Yet not everyone agreed it was right for all of Pennsylvania, as a state House Commerce ..., more 
and Congress members calling banks to negotiate foreclosures - Anderson Independent-Mail  ANDERSON — Some Congress members are helping constituents negotiate their loans with banks by picking up the phone and talking directly to the lenders. Upstate politicians are making referrals, but not weighing in directly. The staff of Rep ..., more