I strongly believe in having EVERYTHING you can think of when you list a short sale. When you can't get anything else done, you may need to contact your senator or congressman. Please note, use this as a last resort when you can't get anywhere with the servicer, investor, or insurer; your members of You want to talk to someone in "Constituent Services", which is a way of saying, little favors for people who might vote for me.

In order to contact them for help, you'll need a privacy release form from your sellers (it's probably better to have it in their name). For those without a privacy form write a letter stating:

"In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a), I give Congressman ______________ authority to act on my behalf." Include as much information on the homeowner as possible, and make sure the sellers sign it.

I'll list both US Senators and 19 Representatives, and their applicable committees if relevent. You can find which representative covers the house in question at:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Senator Dick Durbin
http://durbin.senate.gov/index.cfm
Chairman, Appropriations Subcommitte on Financial Services and General Government
Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies

Senator Mark Kirk
http://kirk.senate.gov/
website does not currently list committees of have a privacy release form yet. Check back at http://www.kirk.senate.gov

Rep. Bobby L. Rush, 1st Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/rush/
Chairman, subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
privacy release has to be filled out on his website at http://www.house.gov/rush/casework.shtml

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. 2nd Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/jackson/
member, House Appropriations Committee
Peter Roskam, 6th Congressional District
member, House Ways and Means Committee
member, House Financial Services Committee

Rep. Daniel Lipinski, 3rd Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/lipinski/
No applicable committees, no privacy release on his website

Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, 4th Congressional District
http://luisgutierrez.house.gov/
no applicable committees, no privacy release on his website

Rep. Mike Quigley, 5th Congressional District
http://quigley.house.gov/
no applicable committees, no privacy release on his website

Rep. Peter Roskam, 6th Congressional District
http://roskam.house.gov/
member, Ways and Means Committee

Rep. Danny K. Davis, 7th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/davis/
Member, Ways and Means Committee

Rep. Melissa Bean, 8th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/bean/
member,  House Financial Services Committee,
including the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky, 9th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/
Dem. Chief Deputy Whip and as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee
Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Interim Vacant Office Status, 10th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/kirk/
Was Mark Kirk, currently vacant since he took post as US Senator for IL
staff of the vacant office will continue to assist constituents who have cases pending with the office (see Kirk's information above)

Rep. Deborah Halvorson, 11th Congressional District
http://halvorson.house.gov/
no applicable committees, no privacy release on his website

Rep. Jerry F. Costello, 12th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/costello/
no applicable committees

Rep. Judy Biggert, 13th Congressional District
http://judybiggert.house.gov/
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity,
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations - * Ranking Member

Rep. Bill Foster, 14th Congressional District
http://foster.house.gov/
member, Financial Services Committee
subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer credit
subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Rep. Timothy V. Johnson, 15th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/timjohnson/
committees not listed on website, no privacy release on his website

Rep. Donald A. Manzullo, 16th Congressional District
http://manzullo.house.gov/
Committee on Financial Services
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Rep. Philip G. Hare, 17th Congressional District
http://hare.house.gov/
no applicable committees

Rep. Aaron Schock, 18th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/schock/
no applicable committees

Rep. John Shimkus, 19th Congressional District
http://www.house.gov/shimkus/
member,  Energy and Commerce Committee

Privacy Releases:

Durbin Privacy Release.pdf

Jackson%20Privacy%20Release 2nd Dist.pdf

Roskam%20privacyrelease 6th Dist.doc

Davis%20Privacy%20Release 7th Dist.pdf

Bean%20Privacy%20Release 8th Dist.pdf

Schakowsky%20Privacy%20Release 9th Dist.pdf

Costello%20Privacy%20Release 12th Dist.pdf

Biggert%20Privacy%20Release 13th Dist.pdf

Foster%20Privacy%20Release 14th Dist.pdf

Manzullo%20Privacy%20Release 16th Dist.rtf

Hare%20Privacy%20Release 17th Dist.pdf

Schock%20Privacy%20Release 18th Dist.pdf

Shimkus%20Privacy%20Release 19th Dist.pdf