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People who otherwise might face losing their home through mortgage foreclosure or end up in court over credit card debt will soon have help.
Itâs in the form of two programs Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas is putting in place as an alternative to litigation.
The idea behind the residential mortgage foreclosure and consumer credit card debt diversion programs, which start July 1, is to bring debtors and creditors together to work out their problems, according to President Judge David Ashworth and two court attorneys who worked on the programs.
They are not get-out-of-debtorâs-jail-free cards, however.
âThis is not just for the deadbeat who just doesn t pay his bills. This is for a person who, through life circumstances, is having difficulty making ends meet,â Ashworh said Monday. âAnd this program puts them in a position of acting responsibly to address those issues and allows the lender to make good on the loan.â
People who otherwise might face losing their home through mortgage foreclosure or end up in court over credit card debt will soon have help.
Itâs in the form of two programs Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas is putting in place as an alternative to litigation.
The idea behind the residential mortgage foreclosure and consumer credit card debt diversion programs, which start July 1, is to bring debtors and creditors together to work out their problems, according to President Judge David Ashworth and two court attorneys who worked on the programs.
They are not get-out-of-debtorâs-jail-free cards, however.
âThis is not just for the deadbeat who just doesn t pay his bills. This is for a person who, through life circumstances, is having difficulty making ends meet,â Ashworh said Monday. âAnd this program puts them in a position of acting responsibly to address those issues and allows the lender to make good on the loan.â
When it comes to the taxes they’ll pay to fund their public schools, property owners in the Manheim Township School District may not notice much of a difference later this
When it comes to the taxes theyâll pay to fund their public schools, property owners in the Manheim Township School District may not notice much of a difference later this year.
Their annual property tax bills will come in June, and theyâll send off their payments in July.
But the school districtâs taxpayers might be curious to know that they collectively paid $162,000 to settle who collects those school taxes. And they may wonder: What was the point of a legal battle that ultimately went to the stateâs highest court â and which the district lost in each round?