FLORIDA - More than 3 thousand people have called a Florida hotline looking for help saving their homes since the line opened a month ago.

As Channel Three Capitol Reporter Mike Vasilinda tells us, many have nowhere else to turn.

11 month old Haley Allen may soon be homeless. Her parents are three months behind in their mortgage and looking for answers. When the housing bubble burst, dad Quintin job as a carpenter evaporated. A Sub prime loan isn't the problem, a lack of work is.

Quintin Allen/Carpenter "I can't get a job to save my life. I can't get a job to save the house
of course. I'm not only behind on the mortgage payment, I'm behind on a
lot of payments."

The Allen's house is for sale or for rent. Lacy Allen says the family will take whatever deal they can get.

Lacy Allen/Mom "Anything to try to avoid foreclosure and get somebody in here that can afford that payment."

Where do you go then?

"We don't know right now. We're trusting in God."

Mike Vasilinda Standup
"The Allen's are one of three thousand families who have called the state hotline for help this month alone."

"When did you buy your home"

The hot line for people facing foreclosures recommends legal services attorneys to try and help people stay in their homes. Operator Tracy Brim hears panic everyday.

Tracy Brim/Hot line Operator "They're scared. A lot of them have been in their homes for many years.
Some have only been in their home a couple years."

The Allen's have been in their current home 18 months. The bank told them to expect foreclosure to begin August 1st, that's Quintin's birthday.

Once on the case, legal services attorneys negotiate with lenders to try and keep homes from being foreclosed upon.Foreclosure Help