Arizona's share of new federal foreclosure funds

The Arizona Housing Department is waiting to hear how much of the $1.5 billion in additional foreclosure aid, announced by President Barack Obama in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, the state will receive.
The U.S. Treasury Department is supposed to announce this Friday (tomorrow) what share of the money each of the five states, including Arizona, hardest hit by foreclosures will get.
The Treasury Dept. is also expected to give the five states guidelines on how the money can be spent to help homeowners facing foreclosure. One way the Arizona Housing Dept. would like to spend the money is to continue to …

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