With fiscal cliff talks on the precipice, the state is reminding out-of-work homeowners who are concerned their federally extended unemployment benefits will run out that theres a safety net to fall back on in 2013. The state-managed program, Keep Your Home California, provides up to $3,000 in mortgage assistance monthly up to nine months to out-of-work homeowners. Tens of thousands of California homeowners could lose their unemployment benefits in the next few weeks unless Congress and the President agree to further extend federal unemployment benefits, and that will certainly devastate many families, Claudia Cappio, executive director of California Housing Finance...
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