MONTGOMERY — If you’ve lost your job, starting today you can apply and get up to $15,000 in mortgage payments for up to a year, Gov. Robert Bentley said. The Alabama Housing Finance Authority is getting $162 million in federal foreclosure prevention funds as part of a $2 billion national plan to help certain unemployed [...]

WASHINGTON — Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Bobby Scott (Va.) are reintroducing legislation this week to provide additional weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for “99ers,” the long-term jobless who have exhausted their benefits and still haven’t found work.

Various homeowner assistance plans for struggling homeowners have been implemented over the past months, but recent programs which have specifically been tailored to help various states are hoped to not only bring more affordability to home loans that homeowners are finding to be problematic, but also prevent unemployed homeowners from facing foreclosure. Obviously, countless homeowners [...]

Over 165 million Americans get their health insurance through the workplace. For most, that coverage provides comprehensive benefits and affordable premiums. Unfortunately, some workers don’t have this kind of quality coverage. Some employers – particularly those who hire lower wage or part time employees – offer their employees only limited benefit plans, also known as [...]