Upcoming Events
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop - May 10th, 2008, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Phoenix City Hall
Individual counseling sessions will be available following the panel discussion in English and Spanish. Credit and housing counselors, loan servicers, and lenders will be available for brief individual consultations throughout the day on a first-come, first-served basis. Please bring your loan documents and other financial information with you to the workshop!
For questions or more information, call 602-258-1659.
Facing Loan Foreclosure or Alleged Foreclosure Rescue Scams?
Below are three agencies that can help distressed homeowners who may be facing foreclosure or homeowners already in foreclosure.
If you are facing foreclosure, the HOPE Hotline (1-888-995-4673) has a single mission: To help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Visit HOPE online at: Home Ownership Preservation Foundation: http://www.995hope.org.
You can also contact the following organizations:
Maricopa County Community Legal Services
305 S. 2nd Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85036-1538
Main: 602-258-3434
Toll Free: 1-800-852-9075 or Rescue Foreclosure: 602-682-3410
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
National Website: http://www.acorn.org
ACORN Housing Corp., 1018 W. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 253-1111
Fax: (602) 258-7143 Contacts in the
Phoenix Office: http://www.acornhousing.org/index.php
Ways to avoid being a victim of a foreclosure scam:
- Contact your lender immediately to implement a “work out” program or a plan, if you fall behind on your mortgage payment.
- If you cannot bring your mortgage payments current, think about selling your home and keeping the equity you have built up.
- Enlist the services of a reputable licensed real estate professional. Check with the Arizona Department of Real Estate or their website http://www.re.state.az.us/ for licensed real estate professionals..
- DO NOT sign documents with blank spaces or blank documents.
- DO NOT sign any documents that you do not understand.
- DO NOT ignore lender “warning letters.”
Let us investigate
- If you think you are a victim of a foreclosure rescue scam, you should fill out and sign a formal written complaint form with the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions (“DFI”) http://www.azdfi.gov/CAD/Complaint_Form.htm.
- You must provide a detailed timeline of the events and the entities and persons involved along with all corresponding documentation.
Past Events
Saving our Homes from the Sub-Prime Debacle through the African
American Media: A Community Forum on Recapturing our Image by Spreading the Word, Presented by: Southminster Presbyterian Church & The ArizonaCommission on African American Affairs, April 17, 2008
Save Your Home Foreclosure Prevention Event, Apache Junction, April 12, 2008
Pima County and City of Tucson Foreclosure Prevention Forum, Tucson, March 29, 2008
Condado de Pima, Ciudad de Tucson, Foro y talleres para prevenir ejecuciones hipotecarias, Tucson, 29 Marzo 2008
Foreclosure Prevention Day, Avondale, March 1, 2008
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