(Name changed for privacy. Photo is not the actual client.)
“Lynda” came to JALA after getting behind on her mortgage due to a prolonged battle with stage 4 cancer. She had applied for a modification with her mortgage company but was informed that she had already exhausted all applicable modifications. She had also applied for Social Security disability but was faced with a five- month waiting period. In the meantime, she was worried about losing her home, where she had lived for the last 20 years. Carmen Curtis-Skowronski, a HUD Certified Housing Counselor at JALA, helped Lynda obtain over $10,000 from the City of Jacksonville Foreclosure Intervention Program to bring her mortgage current, and now she is no longer in fear of foreclosure.
About Jacksonville Area Legal Aid
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to delivering economic, social, and housing justice to low-income and at-risk individuals and families on the First Coast.
If you are an attorney interested in volunteering with housing-related issues, please contact Debra Talley, Pro Bono Case Placement Manager, at debra.talley@jaxlegalaid.org, or visit https://www.jaxlegalaid.org/pro-bono/.
