Foreclosure crisis: AIDS Project up against deadline to leave house it rented

[The Straight Story]

Foreclosure crisis: AIDS Project up against deadline to leave house it rented


Bakersfield AIDS Project faces a Jan. 30 deadline to vacate the east Bakersfield house it rents for use as a group home and community center.

The non-profit social service organization was asked to leave at the end of the month after the trust that owned the 102-year-old house defaulted on its mortgage.

The bank, Calabasas-based Countrywide Financial Corp., said Friday it had “no idea” the house was a group home for AIDS patients. The company might have been willing to work with the organization if anyone had contacted Countrywide, but no one did, said spokeswoman Jumana Bauwens.

Bakersfield AIDS Project director Audrey Chavez said she didn’t know until recently which bank had foreclosed on the house, and had been waiting for the previous owner to tell her who to call.

Now it may be too late.

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