Friday, October 17, 2008

Lauderdale firm didn't deliver mortgage relief, state suit alleges

By Jon Burstein South Florida Sun-Sentinel
October 17, 2008

Fort Lauderdale-based Outreach Housing calls itself a grass-roots organization with "a groundbreaking initiative" to help South Florida homeowners threatened with foreclosure.

But the Florida Attorney General's Office said Thursday that behind that promise of mortgage relief is a company engaged in deceptive practices that have left a trail of at least 50 complaining homeowners.

The state filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Outreach Housing, asking a Broward Circuit Court judge to issue an injunction preventing it from engaging in any aspect of the real estate business.

Also named as defendants in the suit are Blair L. Wright and Bryan Berry, the two men the state says own the company.

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