A BREAK FOR MILITARY FAMILIES: If you have to sell your home at a loss, you may get a bailout

摘要

AN OBSCURE PROVISION tucked into the economic-stimulus legislation in the spring can help military families who have to sell their home at a loss. The law provides an extra $555 million to expand the Department of Defense's Homeowners Assistance Program. The program already helps families who lose money if they're forced to sell because of a base closing. Now it applies to wounded service members, surviving spouses of service members who die while deployed and members of the military who have to move more than 50 miles because they receive permanent change-of-station orders.