VA help to avoid foreclosures

Veterans with VA-backed mortgages who are in danger of facing foreclosure just got help from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The VA is asking mortgage servicers to do two things:

■ Pause foreclosures through May 31, 2024, of VA-guaranteed loans, and ■ Extend the COVID-19 Refund Modification program through May 31, 2024.

During the first step, veterans and the VA will work with those mortgage serv…