March 7, 2022 by Clarissa Ayala
Lone Star Legal Aid Celebrates National Consumer Protection Week 2022
The Federal Trade Commission’s National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is March 6-12, 2022. Looking to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft, and scams? Maybe you’re wondering about the best way to use credit, how to shop for a used car, or even how to prevent foreclosure or bankruptcy. NCPW is a time to help people understand their consumer rights.
Texas Consumer News
The Texas Homeowner Assistance Fund Program opened it’s portal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. TXHAF will provide eligible homeowners with grants to pay past due mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, and/or HOA fees.
The program’s goal is to help homeowners avoid foreclosure on their primary residence by providing mortgage assistance. Your lender’s agreement to participate may be required, since mortgage assistance is directly provided to lenders on the homeowner’s behalf.
More information, including links to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and the application portal, can be found here.
Events
In honor of NCPW, we’ll be featuring our Houston Office Consumer and Housing Division on our weekly virtual outreach, Friday Law Talk, on March 11, 2022, at 3 PM on Facebook. Staff attorneys Terry O’Neill and Newton Tamayo will discuss Texas’s New Post-Judgement Rules.
Watch at www.facebook.com/LoneStarLegalAid.
Read about our work helping 64 year-old Richard avoid foreclosure in Foreclosure and Exploitation: Older Man Coerced into Agreeing to Enter an Unfair Payment Agreement.
Visit http://www.ftc.gov/ncpw to learn how to get free consumer education materials and read the latest from consumer protection experts.
If you or someone you know needs legal help, you can apply for free assistance by visiting www.lonestarlegal.org or calling 1-800-733-8394.
Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations. Lone Star Legal Aid serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines that reside in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties of Southwest Arkansas. Lone Star Legal Aid focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety and stability, health and well‐being; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, or who are elderly, homeless, or have limited English language skills. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.lonestarlegal.org.
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