Foreclosure�Prevention�Programs - Keep�Your�Home�California
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Foreclosure�Prevention�Programs - Keep�Your�Home�California. - Help�prevent�avoidable�foreclosures�for�eligible�low�and�moderate�income�homeowners. - Address�financial�hardships�from�one�or�more�aspects�of�the�current�foreclosure�crisis. - Provide�mortgage�payment�assistance�to�help�homeowners�that�cannot�help�themselves�due�to�valid�hardship.
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Keep Your Home California
Foreclosure Prevention Programs
Keep Your Home California
Program Objectives
• Help prevent avoidable foreclosures for eligible low and
moderate income homeowners
• Address financial hardships from one or more aspects of
the current foreclosure crisis
• Provide mortgage payment assistance to help
homeowners that cannot help themselves due to valid
hardships
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General Homeowner Eligibility
Requirements
• Meet low and moderate income limits (120% AMI)
• Complete and sign a Hardship Affidavit – must be able
to document the reason for hardship
• Mortgage loan is delinquent or in imminent default
• Adequate income to sustain mortgage payments after
reinstatement and/or modification, according to KYHC
and/or participating servicer guidelines
• Cannot be in active bankruptcy
• Servicer participation is required for homeowners to
access benefits 3
General Property Eligibility
Requirements
• Property must be located in California
• Property must be owner occupied, primary residence
• Assistance only available for the first mortgage
– No Home Equity lines of credit or mobile home that are not
real property
• Current unpaid principal balance of first mortgage
cannot exceed GSE limit (currently $729,750)
• Property must not be abandoned, vacant or
condemned
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Four Principal Programs
• Unemployment Mortgage Assistance
• Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance Program
• Principal Reduction Program
• Transition Assistance Program
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Unemployment Mortgage Assistance
• Help eligible homeowners who have experienced
involuntary job loss and are receiving California EDD
unemployment benefits
• Provides temporary benefit assistance in the form of a
mortgage payment subsidy for maximum of 9 months
• Monthly benefit up to $3,000 or 100% of the first lien
mortgage loan PITIA, whichever is less
– Maximum per household assistance is $27,000
– Benefit assistance does not include servicer corporate
advances or fees
– Not eligible if a Notice of Default has been filed
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Mortgage Reinstatement Assistance
Program
• Assist eligible homeowners by providing reinstatement
assistance for first lien mortgage loan
• Benefit assistance up to $25,000 per household –
participation is limited to one‐time payment
• Homeowner must be at least two payments behind
• Can be combined with a loan modification that may or
may not include the Principal Reduction Program
• Can follow UMA if homeowner emerges from
unemployment hardship but still needs help to pay loan
current; homeowner must be able to demonstrate that
payment is affordable, per guidelines
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Principal Reduction Program
• Assist homeowners who have suffered a hardship or in
immindnare severely underwater and unable to afford
their current mortgage payment
• Benefit assistance up to $100,000 per household
• Help homeowner attain affordable monthly payment
with goal of 31%‐38% front‐end ratio
• Loan to value ratio must fall within 105%‐140% after
modification
• Loan origination date on or before, January 1, 2010
• Designed to work in conjunction with standard HAMP
and proprietary loan modification programs
• Recast option available if affordability and loan to value
requirements are met 8
Transition Assistance Program
• Provide transition assistance benefits to homeowners
who can no longer afford their home and want to avoid
foreclosure – help homeowners make a smooth
transition to alternative housing
• Benefit assistance up to $5,000 per household; when
combined with HAFA assistance is limited to $2,000 per
household
• Benefit assistance provided in conjunction with investor
approved short sale and deed‐in‐lieu transactions
• Servicers to follow HAFA guidelines for allowable costs
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How to Apply
• Call the Keep Your Home California Counseling and
Processing Center at 888‐954‐KEEP (5337)
– Hours: Mon – Fri 7am – 7pm; Sat 9am – 3pm; Closed Sun
• Contact one of the HUD approved counseling agencies
certified to conduct Keep Your Home California
counseling sessions.
– A list of participating counseling agencies is available at:
http://www.keepyourhomecalifornia.org/counseling.htm
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Application Process
• Counseling sessions typically take 30‐45 minutes to
complete (varies by program). All homeowners listed
on the mortgage must be on the line to apply.
• If homeowners are determined preliminarily eligible at
the end of their session, a comprehensive packet
explaining next steps is sent and the homeowner must
return required documents
• Once documents are received, KYHC will work with
servicer to make final determination on approval to
fund.
Items Homeowner Should Have Available
When They Call
• Paper and something to write with for notes
• Mortgage loan number
• Recent wage or income information
• Current monthly expenses
• Explanation of hardship
Resources Available on the Website
• List of participating servicers
• “Welcome” video to provide overview
• Eligibility calculator
• Income limits by county
• List of upcoming foreclosure prevention events
throughout California
• Success stories
• FAQs
• Press releases, news stories, and other updates
For more information,
please visit the KYHC website at
www.KeepYourHomeCalifornia.org
Or call 888‐954‐KEEP (5337)
Thank You!
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