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Our house burned down but our mortgage didn’t. California fire survivors need time

Palisades and Eaton fire survivors had 12 months' relief before resuming mortgage payments. Lawmakers are voting on a bill that would give them three years’ forbearance.

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According to CalMatters’s source item, Our house burned down but our mortgage didn’t. California fire survivors need time, Palisades and Eaton fire survivors had 12 months’ relief before resuming mortgage payments. Lawmakers are voting on a bill that would give them three years’ forbearance.

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