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Archive for April, 2011

In Illinois, Two New Foreclosure Mediation Programs

Heather Scheiwe Kulp, April 27th, 2011

Proof that foreclosure mediation can be applied in a variety of settings: the Illinois Supreme Court recently approved local court rules for foreclosure mediation programs to begin in Peoria County, Illinois, and Madison County, Illinois.

Peoria County in central Illinois has a population of 182,495. With 900 foreclosures last year, Peoria has already had 180 foreclosures filed this year. The Peoria program follows (more…)

Foreclosure Mediation Comes to Bankruptcy Court?

Heather Scheiwe Kulp, April 6th, 2011

The end of March marked the end of two madnesses: Connecticut’s journey to the championship and a foreclosure mitigation bill’s journey through the Senate Judiciary Committee. But the journey is over in only one court.

On March 31, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the first federal bill (more…)