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Community and Internet Resources


Housing: Home Ownership

Home Owner Counseling


National

Foreclosure Assistance Hotline offers free professional counseling and advice to homeowners that have found themselves in foreclosure due to a temporary financial crisis. They not only offer information on the foreclosure process but also help homeowners in locating assistance programs that can prevent the loss of their home. To access this hotline call (800) 454-2903.

State Listings

Colorado

HERO (Homeownership Education and Resource Opportunities) Alliance is an ongoing program aimed at increasing home ownership opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. Members of the HERO Alliance, who include non-profits, lenders and housing organizations, provide home ownership counseling and help coordinate individualized financing plans. For more information about this Alliance, please visit the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center website or call (303) 233-3363.

Massachusetts

Specialized Housing Inc. consults with families, individuals, and groups to create the supportive housing of their choice. They offer services to adults with varying levels and types of disabilities. Their focus is on home ownership for individuals with disabilities. For more information about this service, visit their website or e-mail margot@specializedhousing.org.

New Jersey

Society for the Preservation of Continued Homeownership (S.P.O.C.H.) is a non-profit housing and troubled mortgage loan counseling organization. S.P.O.C.H. assists families in devising and implementing strategies to maintain homeownership, who due to involuntary hardships including loss of income, non-reimbursed medical expenses, a divorce, death or catastrophic illness of a spouse, child, or family member are faced with mortgage and/or tax foreclosure. To learn of their many services, visit their website or e-mail njspoch@aol.com.

Washington

Community Home Ownership Center (CHOC) is a non-profit housing counseling agency that offers free information and referral services for first time, low to moderate-income homebuyers. They offer an on-line First Time Home Buyer Guide which offers information on fair housing, home buyer education and counseling, debt and credit information, down payment assistance, loan programs, and housing opportunities. They also offer home buyer seminars. For more information, call their hotline at (800) 317-2918.

Wisconsin

HBC (Home Buyer Counseling) Services Inc. is a homebuyer counseling agency serving Southeastern Wisconsin. They assist individuals prepare for home ownership, search for a home, and locate a mortgage lender. They also offer information on available grants and affordable loans. For more information, call (262) 650-3627.

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