News & Updates, Foreclosure Resources, Housing Information, Consumer, Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocahomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eoca http://www.mass.gov/Eoca/RSS/Home/Consumer/Housing%20Information/Foreclosure%20Resources/newsandupdates.xml &#169; 2009 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z Foreclosure Prevention Workshops Draw Almost 800 Homeowners http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocapressrelease&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Housing+Information&L3=Foreclosure+Resources&sid=Eoca&b=pressrelease&f=20090409_foreclosurews&csid=Eoca 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z 2009-04-16T00:00:00Z BOSTON - April 9, 2009 * Nearly 800 homeowners attended foreclosure prevention workshops in Brockton and Lowell last week, taking advantage of the opportunity to meet one-on-one with their lenders as they try to avoid possibly losing their homes. <br><br> The foreclosure prevention workshops are part of a comprehensive effort by the Patrick-Murray Administration to battle the foreclosure crisis and were co-sponsored by city official in Lowell and Brockton, and housing counseling agencies from each city. By comparison, six similar workshops throughout the state last year drew a total of 1,400 homeowners. Attendance at last week's workshops is a sign that the foreclosure crisis has not ended in Massachusetts. Handling Tenant Cases in Foreclosed Properties: Tenants' Rights, Dealing with REO Tenants and Homeowners http://www.mass.gov/Eoca/docs/foreclosure/bbatenantrights.pdf 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z This seminar is specifically for housing counselors and attorneys assisting tenants and homeowners as tenants in foreclosed properties.<br><br> <h2>Tuesday, February 3, 2009<br> 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.<br> Boston Bar Association<br> 16 Beacon Street, Boston</h2> Speakers:<br> Esme Caramello, Esq., Suffolk Law School<br> Elizabeth A. Guiney, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Patrick Administration Provides New Resource To Assist Tenants Impacted By Foreclosure http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocapressrelease&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Housing+Information&L3=Foreclosure+Resources&sid=Eoca&b=pressrelease&f=081209_tenantsrights&csid=Eoca 2008-12-09T00:00:00Z 2008-12-09T00:00:00Z BOSTON - December 9, 2008 - As part of the Patrick-Murray Administration's ongoing response to the foreclosure crisis, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, with support from Massachusetts Housing Partnership, released a brochure outlining the rights and responsibilities of tenants living in foreclosed buildings. The guide empowers renters with information to ensure that they understand the foreclosure process and are not unfairly evicted after the building they live in is foreclosed upon.