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About MAAPL

The Mass. Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) is a coalition of over 60 housing counseling agencies, legal services groups, social service agencies, and community-based social action groups that have joined together to address the foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts. MAAPL collects and distributes timely information on the foreclosure crisis and its effects to the public and to its member groups, drafts and supports legislation that provides important protections to homeowners and tenants facing foreclosure and eviction, documents the impact of the foreclosure crisis on local communities, networks with related organizations throughout the Commonwealth, and provides tools and information to help people navigate the legal system and advocate on their own behalf more effectively when challenging a foreclosure or eviction in court

Borrowers Can Now Request An Independent Foreclosure Review

On November 1, 2011, the Federal Reserve Board announced that borrowers who believe they were financially harmed during the mortgage foreclosure process by specific participating institutions in 2009 and 2010 can now request an independent review and potentially receive compensation. … Continue reading →

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