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WASHINGTON, DC - November 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A group of 17 U.S. Senators, led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), are urging Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to make a series of alterations to the federal foreclosure prevention program so that more responsible but struggling homeowners can modify their mortgages. Menendez, who chairs the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, and his colleagues wrote Geithner to express concern over the slow pace of mortgage modifications and the reluctance of some banks to cooperate in the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). They suggested specific changes to the program, including