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Hudson Valley homeowners facing foreclosure benefit from state program

A file photo of a foreclosure auction sign.

Photo credit: AP | A file photo of a foreclosure auction sign. Foreclosures climbed in Rockland, Ulster and Putnam counties and nearly tripled in Dutchess in the first half of 2012, compared to the same time period in 2011. (Feb. 16, 2012)

A 3-month-old state mortgage counseling program already has helped 731 Hudson Valley homeowners at risk of foreclosure, officials said Wednesday.

The $60 million Homeowner Protection Program has provided housing counseling and legal services to about 3,600 homeowners statewide during that time, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said at a Poughkeepsie news conference to trumpet the program's...

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