Released: November 30, 2008

Faith based coalitions push to stop foreclosures

Source: Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post (Free Registration)

A national coalition of faith-based organizations has launched an effort to push the federal government for a more streamlined approach to handling troubled mortgages, with the aim of keeping more owners in their homes.

“Families are losing their homes and they’re on the street, and that’s just morally wrong,” said Mary Rabon, a member of the Kansas affiliate of PICO National Network, an alliance of 1,000 U.S. congregations, based in Oakland, Calif.

More than 200 members of PICO, which stands for People Improving Communities Through Organizing, were in D.C. last week to meet with federal officials and stage a “prayer rally” outside the Treasury Building.

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