Dayhoff Soundtrack: DAYHOFF: SCRA Military relief provisions of past offer practical help today

Sunday, February 13, 2011

DAYHOFF: SCRA Military relief provisions of past offer practical help today

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By Kevin Dayhoff Posted 2/13/11 http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/5163/military-relief-provisions-past-offer-practical-help-today/

The dire straits of our local and national economy continues to dominate the news these days. Despite of what our national and state leaders tell us, things are still bad out there for families, especially for the number of people losing their homes to foreclosure.

Locally, the ability to overcome financial challenges may have something to do with the collective history and personality of Carroll County.

When Carroll was formed Jan. 19, 1837, our nation was entering one of the worst depressions in its history.

According to Carol Lee in "Legacy of the Land," by 1843, a local newspaper was carrying "an average of twenty" bankruptcy and foreclosure notices a week.

Today, on a national level, what is even more distressing is the number of foreclosures on the homes of the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is on the increase.

Many news accounts of such shabby treatment of our veterans, by many of our nation's largest financial institutions, has occurred despite the fact that the federal laws related to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act financially protect military personnel. These provisions have been on the books, in one form or another, since the Civil War… http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/5163/military-relief-provisions-past-offer-practical-help-today/

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