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Veterans Foreclosure Crisis

Closing the gap that puts veterans out of their homes

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Dated entries. The evergreen record lives under The Record.

2026-07-23

Industry loss-mitigation executive warns FHA and VA foreclosures could more than double by next fall; VA borrowers who defaulted at ~4% being modified to ~7.125%

2026-07-16

ATTOM mid-year report: 227,548 US properties with foreclosure filings in H1 2026, up 21% YoY and 28% above H1 2024

2026-07-14

HVAC Economic Opportunity Subcommittee family-witness hearing cancelled (second time)

2026-06-25

HVAC Economic Opportunity Subcommittee family-witness hearing cancelled (first time)

2026-06-23

Local broadcast coverage: VA home foreclosures surge; veterans urged to contact servicers early

2026-06-15

Stars and Stripes: VA home loan refinancing fee would nearly triple under GOP-led bill, same day as the Partial Claim launch

2026-06-01

VA published final M26-4 Ch. 5 + Ch. 22 loss-mitigation / Partial Claim policy (Transmittal Sheets 13-14); servicers get 180 days from this date

2026-05-26

Rep. Pappas + 27 colleagues (28 signers) demand a targeted VA foreclosure moratorium

2026-05-20

Sen. Blumenthal put the 15,000+ foreclosed figure on the record at the SVAC hearing

2026-05-14

MBA National Delinquency Survey Q1 2026: FHA delinquency 11.88%, VA 4.99%, conventional 2.75%

2026-04-02

NPR investigation: the VA killed a home-loan program that was saving veterans from foreclosure

2026-03-12

MBA and CHLA each ask VA for at least 180 days of servicer lead time; MBA warns the draft would leave veterans substantially worse off than Fannie/Freddie/FHA borrowers

2025-07-30

H.R. 1815 (VA Home Loan Program Reform Act) signed into law

2025-05-20

Takano–Pappas press conference; NCLC and National Fair Housing Alliance call for a foreclosure moratorium

2025-05-01

VASP terminated, effective May 1, 2025, on roughly eight days' notice

2025-03-01

Mortgage Bankers Association warns ending VASP means 'Foreclosure. Period.'

2024-02-17

NPR: veterans pushed toward foreclosure after the COVID-forbearance bait-and-switch