The Berrien County Board of Commissioners will consider a resolution next week expressing its support for legislation intended to protect the rights of property owners facing mortgage foreclosure in Michigan.

County corporate counsel Thaddeus Hackworth told commissioners this week that when a homeowner is facing mortgage foreclosure, they have the right to any surplus funds generated by a foreclosure auction. However, others try to take advantage of them.

“ There are firms who do business which includes getting homeowners to sign over the rights to those surplus proceeds,” Hackworth said. “ The bill would make that illegal.”

Hackworth said a homeowner also has a right to continue occupying a foreclosed property, even after it’s been se

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