Deadline for Mortgage Assistance State Program is Friday

State officials are looking to help Massachusetts residents pay their mortgages, and therefore stay in their homes, through a Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program. The program's goal is to help communities avoid foreclosures in the coming months.

The deadline to apply for the loan program is Friday. 

"Gov. [Deval] Patrick and I are committed to doing all we can to keep people in their homes and strengthen our neighborhoods," said Lt. Gov. Tim Murray. "If you are out of work, having trouble making ends meet and facing foreclosure, this loan program has the potential to help you get back on your feet."

According to the state, to qualify for an interest free loan of up to two years or $50,000 through the program, homeowners must have experienced a 15 percent reduction in income due to involuntary unemployment, underemployment or medical emergency, are at least three months delinquent on a first mortgage and are facing foreclosure. 

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