Distressed Properties Task Force

03/10/2022

Today Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns' Stay in Your Home Campaign held a press conference about the huge number of foreclosure filings in Western New York due to the pandemic. If you are facing foreclosure, call an attorney or housing counselor to learn your options. Many people fear foreclosure and flee their underwater homes, but if you're BEHIND ON YOUR LOAN, STAY IN YOUR HOME!

Pictured: Clerk Kearns, Kate Lockhart (at podium) and Kay Kennedy from Western New York Law Center, Sandy Becky of Belmont Housing Resources, and Christie Noonan of Hunt Real Estate.

12/20/2021

We’re helping homeowners who need it most through the New York State Homeowner Assistance Fund. WNY Law Center will be available at Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Branch Library on 12/21/2021 from 4-8pm to answer questions about the program. Applications open Jan 3. Learn more at nyhomeownerfund.org

11/29/2021

Did you lose a home to foreclosure in the City of Buffalo? If your house sold at auction for more than you owed, surplus funds may be available to you. Read this article to learn more!

Letters will be sent over the next few weeks to those who lost their Buffalo properties to foreclosure but are owed refunds because the homes sold at the 2019 auction

10/05/2021

09/30/2021