Amy Hamilton:
"This is a scene playing out with increasing regularity around the Grand Valley as Mesa County remains in the grip of the state’s highest foreclosure rate. By law, the Sheriff’s Department carries out evictions, and this year has been especially busy with 66 completed in the first three months. That amount is nearly 40 percent of the 172 evictions the Sheriff’s Department handled all of last year, putting Mesa County on pace for 264 evictions this year.
“I used to make someone’s bad day a better day,” said Sgt. Rich Acree, who was transferred from patrol to the Sheriff’s Department’s civil division, overseeing two deputies in charge of evictions. “Now we’re making someone’s bad day a worse day. It’s a job you have to perform. All you can do is make the best of the job and try to be compassionate.”
Evictions occur if landlords boot out renters for not paying rent or through foreclosures, but most evictions in Mesa County lately tend to be from foreclosures, deputies said. And, compared with the past couple of years, fewer homeowners appear to be getting last-minute stays that allow residents to remain in their homes at least until homeowners are able to work out an agreement with their bank.
By the end of next week, Mesa County will have logged 402 foreclosures this year. The number is higher than last year at the same time, but fewer than 2010, Mesa County Public Trustee Paul Brown said...."
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