Homeowners facing foreclosure race to get help from mortgage assistance program

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Thousands of Washington area homeowners facing foreclosure have deluged state housing agencies with last-minute appeals for help from a $1 billion federal mortgage assistance program set to expire at the end of the month.

In Maryland, where homeowners must apply for assistance by Friday, figuring out who qualifies for help has become an urgent, all-consuming enterprise. The state's housing agency has hired temps, conscripted division heads to do data entry, and asked employees stay late and work weekends to attack piles of paperwork that have grown exponentially as the deadline loomed.

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Joby Warrick 16 Sep, 2011

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