Question by tristalelyn: Are there any mortgage payment assistance programs for people with low incomes due to job losses?
My husband left active duty military and went back to the reserves. We took a 3,000 dollar a month paycut and are having trouble making our mortgage payments. We’ve had the house for 2 years and it’s a VA loan. Are there any mortgage payment assistant programs to people like us here in Colorado? We are trying to avoid foreclosure at all costs. If we could get help with the payments until it sells (houses aren’t selling in our neighborhood right now) we could avoid a big headache for us in the future. Anywhere we can turn to?
By the way,
No he was forced to quit active duty because he tore his ACL in PT and Tricare waitlisted a surgery and then said they wouldnt fix it. HE DID have a full time job waiting for him once he was off active duty but because of his knee not being able to be fixed, the couldn’t bring him on board as a police officer. He is currently working 2 jobs, and SO AM I despite the fact we have a 1 year old. We are overworked and getting sick and still cant make up the 3000 dollars nor afford to fix the knee. We are NOT hillbillies who dont pay our bills. We each work 60 hours a week between both of our jobs.
Best answer:
Answer by Mary B
You wouldn’t qualify.
Your husband didn’t lose his job, he quit his job, there is a HUGE difference.
Sorry to sound harsh, but programs weren’t designed for that purpose. The smart thing to have done is to have had a full time job BEFORE he left active duty military.
Is he even looking for a job? Are you? Is there a reason why one or both of you can’t work two jobs?
The reserves is only one-weekend a month…where did he think the money was going to come from?
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