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Event is Part of Nationwide Outreach Initiative to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure by Connecting them with their Mortgage Company and a HUD-Approved Housing Counselor
CHICAGO, IL – On Monday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m., Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department Neal Wolin and HOPE NOW Alliance Executive Director Faith Schwartz will join National Association of REALTORS® President Moe Veissi, NeighborWorks® America National Director of Homeownership and Lending Marietta Rodriguez and Illinois Housing Development Authority Executive Director Mary Kenney for a media availability to kick off the free Help for Homeowners Community Event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The Help for Homeowners Community Event is part of a nationwide outreach initiative by the Obama Administration, the HOPE NOW Alliance and NeighborWorks® America to provide free help for struggling homeowners by connecting them directly with their mortgage servicer and a HUD-approved housing counselor to discuss alternatives to foreclosure. Sixteen of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers and more than a dozen local HUD-approved housing counseling organizations are confirmed for Monday’s event to assist struggling homeowners in the Chicago area.
WHO: Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Faith Schwartz, Executive Director of the HOPE NOW Alliance
Moe Veissi, President of the National Association of REALTORS®
Marietta Rodriguez, National Director of Homeownership and Lending for NeighborWorks® America
Mary Kenney, Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority
WHAT: Media Availability to Kick Off the Free Help for Homeowners Communinity Event for Chicago-area Homeowners
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Monday, April 23, 2012
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 North River Road
Room 52
Rosemont, IL 60018
****Media are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the media availability to ensure enough time to register and set-up. Immediately following the media availability, press will have the opportunity to visit the homeowner event to film B-roll and additional interviews. Homeowner counseling sessions are closed to the press out of concern for homeowner privacy.
EVENT FOR HOMEOWNERS: Free Help for Homeowners Community Event
Monday, April 23, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
5555 North River Road
Hall G
Rosemont, IL 60018
Homeowners are encouraged to bring their financial documents. For a complete list, please visit MakingHomeAffordable.gov or call 1-888-995-HOPE (4673).
ABOUT THE EVENT SPONSORS
The Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable Program was created to help struggling homeowners modify or refinance their mortgage payments to make them more affordable, or transition to more affordable housing to prevent avoidable foreclosures. For more information, go to www.MakingHomeAffordable.gov.
HOPE NOW is the industry-created alliance of mortgage servicers, investors, counselors, and other mortgage market participants, brought together by the Financial Services Roundtable, Housing Policy Council and Mortgage Bankers Association, that has developed and is implementing a coordinated plan to help as many homeowners as possible prevent foreclosure and stay in their homes. For more information, go to www.hopenow.com.
NeighborW
orks® America creates opportunities for people to improve their lives and strengthen their communities by providing access to homeownership and to safe and affordable rental housing. NeighborWorks® America is the nation's leading trainer of community development and affordable housing professionals. For more information, go to www.nw.org.
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