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Travel Loans Jeopardize Success For Idaho Refugees

By MOLLY MESSICKIDAHO, May 10, 2012 -- The weak economy has exposed shortcomings in a little-known program of the U.S. State Department. Each year, tens of thousands of refugees arrive in the U.S. Most take out federally-funded loans to cover the c...

Idaho Legal Aid Services' Idaho Falls Office Presented with Liberty Bell Award

Idaho Falls, ID -- On May 2nd 2012, the Idaho Legal Aid Services' Idaho Falls Service Office was presented with the Liberty Bell Award by the 7th District Bar Association in appreciation for service to the legal community of Idaho Falls.The Liberty B...

Law Day 2012, Statement of John G. Levi, Chairman, Board of Directors, Legal Services Corporation

Washington, DC -- On May 1, Americans celebrate Law Day, which President Dwight D. Eisenhower established in 1958 as "a day of national dedication to the principle of government under law." The theme for this year's observance, No Courts No Justice ...

Banks Neglect Seized Homes in Minority Neighborhoods

Banks neglect seized homes in minority neighborhoods, report saysBanks are doing a much better job maintaining homes seized in foreclosures in predominantly white neighborhoods than in mostly black and Latino neighborhoods, according to an investigat...

Are You a Tenant in a Foreclosed Home?

April 5, 2012 Contact: Tristia Bauman, Housing Attorney The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is monitoring violations of the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (PTFA) -- the federal law that says you have the right to re...

BofA Makes A Deal On Side

By RUTH SIMON and NICK TIMIRAOSMore than 200,000 financially strapped households will have a chance to sharply reduce their mortgage balances under a side deal negotiated by Bank of America Corp. that could allow the bank to avoid as much as $850 mi...

Whistleblower Says Bank of America Defrauded HAMP

By Jessica DyeNEW YORK, March 7 | Wed Mar 7, 2012 7:57pm EST(Reuters) - Bank of America NA prevented homeowners from receiving mortgage-loan modifications under a federal program in order to avoid millions of dollars in losses while benefitting from ...

April is National Fair Housing Month

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act — the landmark legislation signed into law on April 11, 1968 that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, color, national origin,...

Landmark Decision in Federal Court Strengthens Disability Protections in Housing

A jury found that the defendant, Falls Park Apartments in Post Falls , ID , had violated the Fair Housing Act by engaging in discrimination against people with disabilities and had engaged in negligent training and supervision of its employees. This ...

Idaho's Share of Foreclosure Settlement

Date: February 9, 2012 Idaho Borrowers to Net Nearly $100 Million Benefit from Settlement with 5 Largest Mortgage Servicers (Boise) - Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today joined a $25 billion state-federal settlement with the nation’s five la...