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Equity-rich, cash poor elderly homeowners are an attractive target for unscrupulous mortgage lenders. Many elderly homeowners are on fixed or limited incomes, yet need access to credit to pay for home repairs, medical care, property or municipal taxes, and other expenses. The equity they have amassed in their home may be their primary or only financial asset. Predatory lenders seek to capitalize on elders’ need for cash by offering “easy” credit and loans packed with high interest rates, excessive fees and costs, credit insurance, balloon payments and other outrageous terms...
Idaho Legal Aid Services Fair Lending Project:
How to Escalate Your Case
File a Complaint against the Bank at:
https://appsec.helpwithmybank.gov/olcc_form/
When You File a Bank Complaint On-line:
Idaho Legal Aid Services Fair Lending: Predatory Lending Abuses Brochure.
ILAS Fair Lending Project poster, which identifies some common warning signs of predatory lending, is available for printing and posting at your business.
Two video clips on exapmles of good and poor lending, as well as some common questions and tips related to predatory lending, such as:What is predatory lending?How do I know if I've been a victim?Fair Housing Advice12 Tips to Help You be a Smarter Housing Consumer
Idaho Legal Aid Services Fair Lending Project:
How To File A Complaint Against Your Lender
This section examines the requirements of the federal Fair Housing Act pertaining that prohibit discrimination in mortgage lending and servicer practices. This section includes information on foreclosures and foreclosure prevention.
Idaho Legal Aid
Housing Advice Line: call us at (208) 746-7541 or apply online at our website.
www.idaholegalaid.org
Intermountain Fair Housing Council
208-383-0695 in Boise area or 1-800-717-0695 (toll free)
Idaho Human Rights Commission
208-334-2873 in Boise area or 1-888-249-7025 (toll free) or 208-334-4751 (TDD/TTY)
Discrimination in mortgage lending is prohibited by the Fair Housing Act. The Act makes it unlawful to engage in discriminatory practices based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or handicap (disability). Examples of discrimination in lending include:
What is a manufactured home?
A manufactured home is a structure formerly known as a mobile home. It is built to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety standards set by HUD and displays a red certification label on the outside of each transportable section. The certification is available only to those homes manufactured after June 15, 1976, when the standards were implemented
and cannot be received for any constructed prior to this date.
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