This is a three part series about free loan modificaitons. See last week's article: Free Loan Modifications - Part 1: Hope Now Alliance
In Brief:
- NACA started as a grassroots homeowner advocacy group.
- Like Hope Now Alliance, NACA has ties with the big banks.
- Homeowners are better off using other methods of foreclosure defense.
NACA's Story
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, or NACA for short, is as different from Hope Now (the subject of our last blog post) as can be. NACA started in the late 1980's as a local grassroots organization in Boston. It worked in concert with local trade organizations and unions to help rehabilitate neighborhoods and change housing laws, and the results of its work created positive ripples for homeowners throughout the United States. NACA continued to expand into a national entity into the mid 2000's, and forged agreements with most of the USA's top lenders to create favorable situations for homeowners in need. NACA even took the step of creating their own "fair" mortgage for homeowners, which was backed by the same big banks that NACA had signed agreements with.
A newly single Florida homeowner had endured a financial hardship for nearly half a decade, and by the time he was able to begin picking up the pieces, he was 5 years and over $156,000 behind on his mortgage payments to 
A Florida homeowner was having difficulty paying his monthly mortgage payment and was fearful of losing his home. His fear was well-founded, because he was nearly 1.5 years behind and over $52,000 past due on his monthly mortgage payments to Bank of America. This situation was further exasperated by the high cost of his monthly payment: nearly $3,400 monthly.
A mature, single Florida homeowner was having difficulties making her mortgage payment, because of limited income from social security. She was even renting out one of her bedrooms. It just wasn't enough to make ends meet. When she retained our law firm, she hadn't paid her mortgage in over 10 months, she owed her lender
California was once one of the worst places to experience foreclosure, but now it is a model state for giving homeowners a a fair shake against their mortgage lenders. One single piece of legislation is responsible for this change; that legislation is the Homeowner Bill of Rights. California's Homeowner Bill of Rights formally took effect at the beginning of 2013. According to the California Attorney General's Office, the Bill of Rights "ensures fair lending and borrowing practices for California homeowners... these laws are designed to guarantee fairness and transparency for homeowners within the foreclosure process."
