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With the numerous reported failures of the federal program known as HAMP, inside senior officials seem to be jumping on the band wagon sharing their new found pessimistic viewpoints on where this program may be headed.

Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), recently said that a possible 1.5 million to 2 million distressed homeowners may still qualify for federal assistance. This has also been the heated topic between Barofsky and one key senator in Washington.

But the sobering news is that nearly 4 million consumers actually need this federal assistance. Yet, most experts are despondent at the reality of this number being attained.

The actual statistics may be surprising but only 200,000 homeowners have been able to go from their trial modification to a permanent loan status.

But the more shocking news may be the fact that the inspector general’s announcement that a significant amount of these distressed borrowers who received help will probably default on their St Louis mortgage loan once again.

Is this due to irresponsibility on the homeowner’s part? Consider this: Many of these consumers still owe significantly more money than their homes are worth. In addition, some have second mortgages or other debts that HAMP didn’t provide for.

Without digressing to a great degree, I think its fair to mention the abominable acts of not just the big insurance and banking leviathans but the average person who bought a home they knew they just couldn’t afford and did it by taking the only type of loan that could give them this undeserved asset. Then you have the pure fraudulent acts of those who knowingly lied on their stated income application. Years later, these acts have come to be known as “liar loans.”

Barofsky then goes on to express his ongoing skepticism that the continuous offering of modifications was less than a meaningful goal. What did the Treasury have to say in regards to what Barofsky said?

In a long, drawn out response included in the report, Herbert M. Allison, assistant Treasury secretary for financial stability said the program “should be measured by how many eligible homeowners are able to avoid the pain and stigma of foreclosure by reducing their mortgage payments to affordable levels while either remaining in their homes or transitioning with dignity to more suitable housing. The number of permanent modifications is one element, but not the only element of gauging the success.”

Whether this federal program meets its ultimate success or failure is second only to the fact that these key officials want us to view their ideologies from their viewpoint and no other.

And so it goes, here’s another example of bureaucratic illogicalness. Allison is making the point that it is not the failing of HAMP that is critical but that Barofsky and critics are not measuring its lack of success correctly.

Of course, I don’t even think the U.S. Treasury firmly believes that nonsense because Allison added that permanent modifications are really only one way to help struggling homeowners.

The fact that servicers offering other foreclosure prevention initiatives and alternatives such as short sales must be taken into consideration.

However, most consumers have heard from its beginnings that this federal loan modification program (HAMP) was to be the very best way to help this country on the road to recovery by stopping the onslaught of foreclosures.

It should also be noted that any permanent modifications that do not include meaningful principal reduction will in all likelihood fail.

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