Florida Courts Struggle Amid Foreclosures
November 11, 2009 by admin
The deepening backlog of foreclosure proceedings in Florida courts prompted some lawmakers to advocate an about-face on a new set of rules to finance statewide justice.
As tax revenues plunged due to falling property values and a deep recession, the state’s 67 court clerks have laid off 1,250 of 9,600 employees — 13 percent of the workforce. Salary freezes and furloughs for most remaining workers are now the norm, the state’s court clerks’ association says. The state’s clerks absorbed $123 million in budget cuts over the past eight months, and still face a flood of foreclosures, with more to come.
Nearly one in four Florida home loans is in some stage of delinquency, the highest rate in the nation, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Read more about Florida foreclosures…
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