Florida Politician Eager to Speed Up Fraudclosures as Number of Homeless Children/Students Skyrocket by over 80%

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Remember the Florida governor &  lawmakers who are pushing for faster, non-judicial foreclosures?  (Full News Service article below)

Lawmakers are expected to again explore the possibility of expanding the use of non-judicial review. That, coupled with another infusion of funding, could put the state over the hump.

We would be able to clean out the foreclosure backlog here in the state of Florida without any significant difficulty,” said Sen. David Simmons, R-Maitland.

It’s so disgusting to read their immoral blather when our local paper ran these stories yesterday & today (links to stories).  The 80% increase was measured in the 2009-2010 school year.  That figure does not take into account the mass foreclosures/evictions that resulted from the Florida legislature funded foreclosure court rocket dockets.  The number must be much higher now.

Number of Palm Beach County students in school without permanent homes on rise http://shar.es/ou92Z

Palm Beach County schools poised to help homeless kids http://shar.es/ouOPX

EXERPTS from the following article:

FORECLOSURES AGAIN SPAR INTEREST

By MICHAEL PELTIER
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, November 17, 2011……….With Florida atop or near atop the list of foreclosure-ridden states, lawmakers on Thursday began looking again at ways to speed up the handling of foreclosure cases that now can take two years or more to wind their way through the courts.

Florida’s requirement that foreclosure cases go before a judge continues to slow the process, according to a senate interim report and statistics compiled by the Mortgage Bankers Association, which on Thursday released its latest findings on foreclosures and delinquent loans.

Florida is among the roughly half of U.S. states that requires foreclosure proceedings to be handled in the courts, a requirement that has led to a backlog of cases that critics say is slowing Florida’s economic recovery.

On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee was briefed on Florida’s foreclosure system. Some lawmakers are looking at ways to set up a non-judicial procedure in which the lender does not have to secure a court order to foreclose on.

Lawmakers are expected to again explore the possibility of expanding the use of non-judicial review. That, coupled with another infusion of funding, could put the state over the hump.

“We would be able to clean out the foreclosure backlog here in the state of Florida without any significant difficulty,” said Sen. David Simmons, R-Maitland.

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11/17/11

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