Welcome to the Home Page of the
Foreclosure Task Force
of the Hampden County (Massachusetts) Bar Association.
Lov e Justice

 This page has been created to provide information as to where individual homeowners facing foreclosure can obtain assistance and also to provide attorneys – Foreclosure Task Force Volunteers and other lawyers – tutorial information to enhance their professional skills in representing those individuals seeking to defend against foreclosure. Click here for a brief history of our work.

The Foreclosure Task Force's mission is to:

  • Recruit volunteer lawyers willing to provide pro bono and reduced fee legal services to individuals residing in the four Western Massachusetts Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire facing the foreclosure of their owner occupied residences,
  • Provide training and educational programs to supplement and improve the professional skills of those undertaking the representation of homeowners whose residences are subject to foreclosure,
  • Develop a workable model for the delivery of such services and making the availability of such services known to those in need of such representation.

If you are a consumer in one of the four Western Massachusetts Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire seeking help in addressing a foreclosure issue, call the Foreclosure Hotline at (413) 322-7404.  Follow this link to better understand what you may expect from an attorney

If you are an attorney willing to volunteer your services, click here to learn what is expected of an attorney volunteer and, to become a volunteer, click here to download a Volunteer Attorney Profile form.  Please complete the form and return it by e-mail, fax or regular mail to the Foreclosure Task Force c/o Eugene B. Berman, J.D., at eberman1@cox.net or directly to the Hampden County Bar Association, 55 State Street, Springfield, MA 01103, admin@hcba.org.

If you are a volunteer or an attorney seeking information relating to your representation of an individual facing foreclosure, please visit the Foreclosure Tutorial that includes Statutes, Cases, Forms & Examples and other information that will be useful to you in proving such representation

If you are a volunteer participant in the Foreclosure Task Force of member of the Alliance, please click here for administrative and miscellaneous matters.

If you are would like more information about the Foreclosure Task Force or the Alliance or to replicate it elsewhere, contact the Hampden County Bar Association by email at admin@hcba.org or Eugene B. Berman, J.D., at eberman1@cox.net .

We would like to thank and acknowledge the many individuals and organizations who have contributed their skill, time an energy to making a difference in these challenging times.

 

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