Illinois Extends Foreclosure Protections Sunset Provision

Foreclosure Mortgage Servicing

On June 20, Illinois enacted HB 99, which extends for three years the protections afforded borrowers in the Illinois Homeowner Protection Act. The Act requires mortgagees to notify homeowners who are at least 30 days late on their payments that they have 30 days to seek housing counseling. A homeowner who seeks counsel gets an additional 30 days to work out a payment plan or refinance their loan, meaning that such homeowners have a “grace period” of up to 90 days. Those protections were set to expire on July 1, 2013, but now will remain in effect until July 1, 2016. The bill took effect immediately.