AARP
AARP provides information to consumers to help them avoid lease/buyback scams and predatory loans, and learn about bankruptcy and foreclosure counseling.
ACORN
ACORN runs a housing counseling program focused on foreclosure resolution, Home Equity Loss Prevention Program (HELP). It provides a hotline for consumers and has established relationships with specific lenders around foreclosure resolution. ACORN’s web site also provides some information about predatory lending for consumers.
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC provides information to consumers facing foreclosure, including a list of foreclosure prevention options/terms and how to prepare for a conversation with a loan servicer.
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac provides information to consumers about foreclosure – the process, early steps to avoid foreclosure, and where to get help.
Homeownership Preservation Foundation
HPN maintains the 888-995-HOPE counseling hotline, and is a partner in the HOPE NOW Alliance. HPN also publishes relevant reports (e.g., Collateral Damage: The Municipal Impact of Today’s Mortgage Foreclosure Boom by W. Apgar and M. Duda).
HOPE NOW
HOPE NOW is a cooperative effort between counselors, investors, and lenders to maximize outreach efforts to homeowners in distress through a national foreclosure hotline, direct mail campaign, capacity building, etc.
League of California Cities
The League of California Cities maintains a small clearinghouse of information on the subprime mortgage crisis including links to local, state, and federal resources.
NeighborWorks America
NeighborWorks has a variety of resources focused on counseling and/or intervention at the borrower level, as well as a listing of news items (mostly federal policy initiatives) and some relevant research and reports.
Stop Foreclosure Resource Center
The Resource Center provides homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure with information about bankruptcy, counseling, scams, etc.
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