SCLO is accepting new cases.
Please call 265-2300 if you are in need of our services.
Post-Moratorium Rental Housing Benefits Assistance Senior Citizens’ Law Office, (SCLO) is now accepting Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) Applications, for financial assistance to cover unpaid, past, current and in some cases, a limited amount of future rent, or utility bills. SCLO Applicants must be City of Albuquerque residents, age 60 and over, who are currently […]
New Mexico has launched a pilot program that will provide grants of up to $10,000 to help homeowners facing financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aid is designed to cover past-due and current mortgage payments for New Mexicans who meet income requirements and have financial hardship associated with the pandemic. To qualify, a […]
COVID-19 Homeowners’ Assistance Program Program provides mortgage assistance to homeowners On April 15, 2021, MFA transitioned its COVID-19 Housing Cost Assistance Program to the Homeowner Assistance Program. This program is available to eligible homeowners who need help making their mortgage and real estate contract payments because of a COVID-19-related financial hardship. As an MFA partner, we are […]
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority COVID-19 Housing Cost Assistance Program MFA will be accepting COVID housing assistance program applications starting tomorrow, March 4, 2021 at 8 a.m. More information about this program can be found here: http://www.housingnm.org/static/covid-assistance
FHA Extends its Foreclosure and Eviction Moratoria and Expands Temporary COVID-19 Forbearance and Servicing Polices to Provide Additional Homeowner Relief Recognizing the financial and other hardships many individuals and families are facing due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is expanding its relief efforts to assist homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages. In […]
The IRS has started sending out the next round of stimulus payments. Each adult who makes less than $75,000 for an individual or $150,000 for a couple should receive $600 per person. The IRS states that you do not need to do anything to receive this payment. If you received an automatic deposit before, you […]
Please go to: https://www.cabq.gov/coronavirus-information/community-resources-during-covid
Many people received their stimulus payment on a prepaid card – but since the envelope did not identify it and there was limited information provided – some people did not activate the card or threw the envelope away. This was because it looked like a credit or prepaid card application that you did not apply […]
Please go to the following National Consumer Law Center’s link: Issue-Brief-Money-Network-EIP-Cards
5/6/2020 Opinion | What You Should Know Before You Need a Ventilator – The New York Times It breaks my heart that patients who will get sick enough to need them wonʼt know what desperate situations they face. By Kathryn Dreger Dr. Dreger is a doctor of internal medicine in Northern Virginia and a clinical […]
SCLO serves seniors (60+) in Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, and Valencia Counties in Central New Mexico only.
Senior Citizens’ Law Office is funded in part by the City of Albuquerque Area Agency on Aging, the New Mexico Civil Legal Services and Access to Justice Commissions, and corporate and individual donors like YOU!