$1 million in aid coming for foreclosure counseling

At least half a dozen Massachusetts nonprofits that counsel people facing foreclosure will get more than $1 million in federal aid to expand their efforts.

The money is the state’s share of about $130 million Congress allocated in December to fund counseling for up to 400,000 families nationwide.

Most of the Massachusetts money will be distributed by the Housing Partnership Network to nonprofits in Springfield, on Cape Cod, on the South Shore, and possibly to a fourth group in Boston.

The rest of the money will be divided among a nonprofit with a statewide focus, the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, and two smaller groups focused on Boston.
(By Binyamin Appelbaum, Globe staff)