Monday, December 14, 2009
Since many homeowners in Detroit are facing foreclosure problem they are taking help of counselors, homeless shelters, non-profit organization etc. Nearly 197 homes are foreclosed every day in Detroit due to unemployment. Economic situation in Detroit has gotten so bad that there are now a lot of people asking for help from homeless shelters for first time in their entire lives.
According to Amanda Sternberg of the Homeless Action Network of Detroit, around 9,000 homeless persons in Detroit have asked for help and 28 percent of these reported that they are experiencing homelessness for the first time.
In third quarter, there are nearly 22,000 homes in Detroit area that are in foreclosure process, many of which had already been put into lists of Detroit foreclosed homes.
About 20 to 40 percent of people are asking help from homeless shelters in Detroit for first time in their lives. With around 10,000 homeless persons needing help, shelters are overloaded, forcing homeless workers to convert waiting rooms into bedrooms.
Hope Now alliance held an event at the Cobo Center to provide assistance to troubled homeowners, but the number of homeowners who sought help had been modest compared to other cities where Hope Now held its counseling sessions.
According to Hope Now spokesperson Bradley Dwin and Diane McCloskey, community director at the Detroit Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Response, the modest response indicated that homeowners believed that loan modifications are useless since they have no jobs.
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