New VA Program to Provide Home Loan Assistance to Active-Duty Servicemembers and Veterans
Advocates Praise Program and Call for Foreclosure Pause Until It is Fully Implemented WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released its VA Servicing Purchase (VASP) program to help VA borrowers facing financial hardships avoid unnecessary foreclosures. Through VASP, the agency will modify and purchase qualifying loans in default to provide meaningful payment assistance to VA borrowers in financial distress. Consumer advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) and the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) expressed support for the new program and urged the VA to