Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program provides homeowners with a unique opportunity to explore possible resolutions to pending foreclosure actions. The Foreclosure Mediation Program helps borrowers and lenders work together to explore options that may be available to avoid foreclosure. Mediation sessions are confidential meetings led by a neutral third-party (a trained mediator). This program is voluntary, and is available at no cost to homeowners in residential foreclosure cases filed in both Winnebago County and Boone County. As approved by the Illinois Supreme Court, full program rules are contained in Seventeenth Circuit Local Rule 2.14. The following forms may be used to ask the court to refer a case to mediation: Motion for Referral to Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation – Winnebago County Motion for Referral to Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation - Boone County Instructions for Self-Represented Persons on Filing Motions For more information on participation please visit www.ilforeclosureprogram.org or call 815-319-4995. A downloadable program brochure with additional information is also available: 17th Circuit Court Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program Brochure. También está disponible un folleto del programa descargable con información adicional: Folleto del programa de mediación en ejecuciones hipotecarias residenciales del Tribunal de Circuito 17.
