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Hopes are high that healing has begun after an ongoing squabble caused a member of the selectboard, who also serves as the town clerk, to resign both positions abruptly via email last week. The resignation of Gail Garrett has thrown the Mount Washington town government into a state of confusion. Garrett was both a selectboard and town clerk candidate in the May 11 elections, but withdrew after a tumultuous selectboard meeting earlier this month..
Jim Hamilton, a Department of Housing and Urban Development-certified counselor who works for the Berkshire County Regional Housing Authority in Pittsfield, provides free counseling to homeowners facing foreclosure. EAGLE file photo
A year ago, a wave of foreclosures seemed imminent. People were losing jobs in the Berkshires as the economy turned turtle. One local housing official warned that a foreclosure âtsunamiâ could flatten homeowners on the financial edge.
Remarkably, that didnât happen, mainly because of government-imposed âforbearanceâ orders still in effect. But, those protections do not forgive debt.
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âIt has grown greatly. And itâs more complex.â
â Jim Hamilton, a housing counselor, speaking of his work to help homeowners in financial distress cope with mortgages that have fallen behind