The State of Iowa has received a federal grant of $1,503,757 to establish an initiative called Iowa Mortgage Help and increase the capacity of foreclosure-prevention counseling agencies around Iowa, as well as launch a multimedia statewide awareness campaign.
According to Tom Miller, Iowa attorney general, the efforts will supplement and expand the work of the Iowa Foreclosure Hotline established last September – which will now be called the Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline. The toll-free number remains (877) 622-4866, while the new Web site is IowaMortgageHelp.com.
‘The hotline already has received about 8,000 calls and is handling about 700 cases,’ Miller notes. ‘Iowa Mortgage Help will increase public awareness of the service and multiply the calls, but it also will multiply the assistance of local housing counseling agencies around the state.’
