Beth Deutscher, executive director of the Home Ownership Center of Greater Dayton, said her organization also will be asking other eligible financial institutions to participate in the program.
Any lender that is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank is eligible to participate, said John Byczkowski, a spokesman for the bank.
The Home Ownership Center will use a portion of the funds to pay for foreclosure counseling. Lenders participating in the program include Day Air Credit Union Inc., Fifth Third Bank, Liberty Savings Bank, National City Bank, River Valley Credit Union Inc. and Universal 1 Credit Union Inc.
Foreclosures don’t help the lender, either.
“The worst thing we can do is take someone’s home,” said Tim Mislansky, a senior vice president with Wright-Patt Credit Union.
During a typical foreclosure process, a lender can spend up to $10,000 in legal fees and other costs, Mislansky said. And once a bank or credit union sells a seized home, it usually fetches 30 percent less than its value, he said.
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