Habitat for Humanity

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CLEVELAND - Habitat for Humanity plans to foreclose on 25 houses in Cleveland if the homeowners do not respond to warning letters about their overdue mortgage payments.

Although Habitat for Humanity genuinely is trying to help people save their homes, the properties are not free, and on occasion, one of the nonprofit's homes lands in foreclosure.

Two Madison County Habitat for Humanity homes have received foreclosure notices and could go up for public auction in the next few days.

Habitat for Humanity is known for helping people achieve their dreams of home ownership but on occasion the charity must take a tough stance and foreclose

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So far this year, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis has filed six foreclosure suits, more than in any of the past five years. The organization also repossessed four houses as a result of the prior year's foreclosures. In a typical year, CEO Dean Illingworth said, Indy Habitat takes back one or two houses, so the recent uptick is troubling.

Volunteers helped families build and move into their new Habitat for Humanity homes, but WFTV found out two of those homes in Volusia County are going into foreclosure, and the families are struggling to keep them.

I just read that in Cleveland Ohio Habitat for Humanity has foreclosed on 8 home owners and will foreclose on another 25 if they don't begin making

Habitat for Humanity has built thousands of homes for deserving families across the country. Rarely does someone lose their habitat home, but that could be the case in Jackson County, where authorities were trying to foreclose on the owner.

Habitat for Humanity, which helps build homes for low-income families, is close to foreclosing on 25 houses in Cleveland. It is another sign of how hard the downturn in the economy hit the area.

The nonprofit agency has foreclosed on more than 10 percent of the homes it has built for low-income families, a rate nearly 10 times higher than other affiliates in Southwest Florida.