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The US Army, Fannie Mae, and several other large home financiers have pledged to help soldiers and their families that are having difficulties with their mortgages. Soldiers injured on active duty, families of any soldiers killed in action, and those soldiers who have recently received Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders and were unable to sell their home could be granted relief from mortgage payments for up to six months. This relief could be a reduction of payments or suspension of payments. During that period of relief, soldiers and their families would work together to come up with a long-term solution for helping with payments - possibly including loan modifications, a repayment plan, deed-for-lease, or selling the house. In addition to the above circumstances, soldiers will have protection against foreclosure for nine months after termination of active duty status.
My name is Major James S Johnson, and I am currently assigned to the Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, enrolled in the Satellite Campus at Army Logistics University, Fort Lee Virginia. “The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government”

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