[Press Release from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Director of Homeownership] Ohio has been awarded $320 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Hardest-Hit Fund to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) will administer Restoring Stability: A Save the Dream Ohio Initiative, to help an estimated 26,000 families who are at [...]
[Press release from the Legal Services Corporation] Statement by John G. Levi, Chairman, Board of Directors, On New Federal Poverty Data The Census Bureau released its official 2009 statistics on poverty today, and the numbers are grim and daunting. Nearly 57 million Americans now qualify for civil legal assistance from the Legal Services Corporation, an [...]
[Story by: Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer ] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she has heard that more Hispanics are touring the U.S. Supreme Court building since she took the bench in August. Maybe they come to see her, she told a Cleveland audience Friday night. But she likes [...]
Ohio Chief Justice Eric Brown joined current and past OLAF board members, leaders from the legal aid delivery system, and many friends to celebrate and honor Bob Clyde, who recently retired as the founding and long-time executive director of OLAF. The event followed the board's quarterly meeting and was held in the Native American Lobby [...]
