Consumer Resources

Resources for Buyers/Troubled Homeowners

  • Governor's Foreclosure Prevention Task Force
    Developed specifically with Virginia homeowners in mind, www.VirginiaForeclosurePrevention.com has everything you need to help you avoid foreclosure including practical tips on things you can do if you fear foreclosure may be coming and a list of reputable Virginia based legal assistance organizations that specialize in helping homeowners stay out of foreclosure.

  • HUD Foreclosure Web Site
    Whether you're in foreclosure now or worried about it in the future, HUD has information that can help.

  • Making Home Affordable Program
    The Home Affordable Modification Program commits $75 billion to keep up to 3 to 4 million Americans in their homes by preventing avoidable foreclosures.

  • Project HOPE NOW
     HOPE NOW is an alliance between counselors, mortgage companies, investors, and other mortgage market participants. This alliance will maximize outreach efforts to homeowners in distress to help them stay in their homes and will create a unified, coordinated plan to reach and help as many homeowners as possible. 

Community Outreach Efforts and Opportunities

  • Foreclosure-Response.org
    Foreclosure-Response.org is an online guide to foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization developed and maintained by the Center for Housing Policy, KnowledgePlex, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Urban Institute.

  • National Community Stabilization Trust
    The National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) is a new national nonprofit organization created to connect servicers and investors holding foreclosed properties with local organizations and coalitions working to stem the decline of communities with high concentrations of vacant and abandoned foreclosed properties.

  • NeighborWorks America: Stable Communities
    A national nonprofit organization created by Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance, and training for community-based revitalization efforts.

  • SCOPE Project (Greater Baltimore Board of REALTORS®)
    The SCOPE (Selling City Owned Properties Efficiently) Project is designed to create a simplified and cost effective process for putting vacant and underutilized City-owned properties back into productive use. The program engages local real estate agents to list and sell the properties via the multiple listing service to responsible buyers, who will rehabilitate the properties within 18 months of the settlement.


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