Housing Authority

Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Management Information Center

Are you finding it difficult to make your monthly mortgage payment? Has your lender placed your property in default or foreclosure?

The following agencies can assist you with foreclosure prevention/intervention and financial management at no cost to you.

• Keep Your Home California is a $2 Billion Federal Program, focused on helping low and moderate income families avoid foreclosure, stay in their homes, and maintain an affordable mortgage payment for long-term homeownership. To find out more about the program, or to apply for assistance, contact Keep Your Home California at 888.954.KEEP (5337) or visit www.KeepYourHomeCalifornia.org

• Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. is a non profit agency that offers confidential counseling to help you review your current financial situation and develop a financial plan to meet your financial needs. The counseling session is designed to help you develop a monthly spending plan and discuss possible options that enable you to meet your mortgage obligations. A Counselor will also contact your lender to provide mediation services and help you apply for loan modifications and other workout programs. For more information on this program, please contact Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. at (951) 682-6581 or visit their website.

• HOPE NOW is staffed with HUD-approved credit counselors to assist with foreclosure prevention. Counselors are trained to set up a plan of action designed just for you and your situation. Counselors provide in-depth debt management, credit counseling, and overall foreclosure counseling. For more information on the HOPE NOW program, please contact HOPE NOW at (888) 995-HOPE (4673) or visit their website.

• Springboard Nonprofit Consumer Credit Management is a non-profit community service agency that offers personal financial education and assistance with money, credit and debt management through confidential counseling. Springboard provides homeownership preservation and foreclosure prevention counseling. Springboard also provides pre-bankruptcy counseling and debtor education. For more information on Springboards programs, please contact Springboard at (800) 449-0650 or visit their website.