6/11/08

Office of the Attorney General
G. Mennen Williams Building, 7th Floor
525 W. Ottawa St.
P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone: (517) 373-1110
Website: www.michigan.gov/ag
e-mail: miag@michigan.gov
Loan Checklist PDF

ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)
Website: www.acorn.org

Detroit Office
600 W. Lafayette Blvd., Suite 133
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 963-1840
e-mail: miacorn@acorn.org

Flint Office
436 S. Saginaw St., Suite 400
Flint, MI 48502
Phone: (810) 424-6547
e-mail: miacornflro@acorn.org

Grand Rapids Office
441 S. Division Ave., Ground Floor
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 233-7518
e-mail: miacornlaro@acorn.org

Lansing Office
809 Center St., Suite 5B
Lansing, MI 48906
Phone: (517) 485-2627
e-mail: miacornlaro@acorn.org

Saginaw Office
126 N Franklin St., Suite 201
Saginaw, MI 48607
Phone: (989) 753-2902
e-mail: miacornsaro@acorn.org

American Bar Association

Safe Borrowing: Offers free information online to help borrowers better understand credit cards, mortgages, student loans, and automobile financing
Website: www.safeborrowing.com

Find Legal Help: Links to national information and resources on foreclosures. The site offers state-by-state information on finding free legal help, the courts, and ways to find a lawyers as well as links to more than 300 state and local bar association referral programs across the country.
Website: www.findlegalhelp.org

Consumer Alert—Mortgage Foreclosure Scams
Website: www.usdoj.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/factsheet/docs/fs06.htm

Detroit HOPE (Home Ownership Preservation Enterprise)
Phone: (888) 995-HOPE
Website: www.detroithope.org

Fannie Mae
Phone: (800) 732-6643
Website: www.fanniemae.com

Foreclosure "Rescue" Scams
Website: www.housinghelpnow.org/RescueScams.cfm

Freddie Mac
Website: www.freddiemac.com

Hold Onto Your Home
Operated by a coalition of Lansing-area organizations including the Allen Neighborhood Center, the Center for Financial Health, the Franklin Street Community Housing Association, Housing Services for Eaton County, and Lansing Affordable Homes, Inc.
Website: www.holdontoyourhome.org

HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
Links to State specific laws, local assistance, and organizations.
Website: www.hud.gov/foreclosure/index.cfm

Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Website: www.michigan.gov/mshda
“Save the Dream” Program: toll-free (866) 946-7432; helps families facing foreclosure. Operated by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), this hotline will direct homeowners to a housing counselor in their county or to technical experts in the MSHDA home ownership division.
Links to local/county resources, explains the legal process, etc.

Mortgage Bankers Association: Home Loan Learning Center
Phone: (800) 348-8653
Website: Foreclosure Prevention Resource Center

National Foundation for Credit Counseling
Operates the homeowner crisis resource center, as well as other consumer debt related issues. Available in Spanish.
Website: www.nfcc.org/

Statewide Foreclosure Prevention Task Force
611 Church St., Suite 4A
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3000
Phone: (734) 998-6100
Website: www.mplp.org

United Community Housing Coalition
Phone: (313) 963-3310

U-Snap Bac
14901 E. Warren
Detroit MI 48224
Phone: (313) 640-1100
Website: www.usnapbac.org
e-mail: info@usnapbac.org