Lee County first in line for housing help [South Florida]
Three housing counseling agencies have been chosen to implement the pilot Florida Hardest-Hit program being offered in Lee County – $23 million is available to help about 1,200 homeowners.
County residents will have first crack at assistance because of the pilot program, according to a release from the Florida Housing Finance Corp., which is coordinating Hardest-Hit statewide.
Lee residents will be able to get help for 90 days starting Aug. 23 and the rest of the state will have access after that.
But homeowners having trouble with their mortgages don’t have to wait for the program to start, said Eddie Felton, executive director of the Fort Myers-based Home Ownership Resource Center, one of the three agencies providing help locally.