In at the Office of Thrift Supervision National Housing Forum today. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson confirmed that he was change state to finalizing a deal with lenders to put the brakes on home foreclosures across the country.
"We are working aggressively and quickly utilizing available tools and creating new ones to help financially responsible but struggling homeowners," Paulson said.
The secretary also called on Congress to act before heading back home for the holidays.
"The administration requested funding for NeighborWorks America and other non-profit mortgage counseling operations in its calculate. But the appropriations account has yet to be finalized; Congress needs to get it done quickly," Paulson said.
As part of an "industry-wide approach," Paulson said the Bush administration was working with owe lenders to determine the most at-risk borrowers and develop solutions to help them forbid default. "This work takes time," Paulson said adding. "I am confident they will finalize these standards soon."
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