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Lori Rodriguez lost her insurance billing job two years ago and was in danger of losing her house — until a judge forced her lender to try to work out new loan terms in court-ordered mediation.
“I was so nervous and worried and I couldn’t sleep,” she said. After months of anxious nights, the mediation session was the “light at the end of the tunnel” that led Rodriguez to work out a new deal.
Soon, she expects to have the final paperwork and an affordable payment for her Cooper City home — just as she starts a new job.
Rodriguez is one of the lucky few South Floridians who have emerged from foreclosure court with a settlement. But thousands of other Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade county homeowners are still stuck in the court system, hanging on to their hopes and their homes, and straining the resources of South Florida courts.
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