City of Minneapolis Utility Stuffer

On March 12th, the City of Minneapolis approved the use of a "Utility Billing Insert" that the Center created to notify Minneapolis home owners about the existence of local, FREE counseling services. 

Working with the City's Community Planning and Economic Development department, the Center designed a flyer that would link struggling homeowners to the City's 3-1-1 line, as well as linking them to other housing resources available at LiveMSP.org.  These partners will, in turn, connect homeowners to the Center's network of foreclosure counselors.

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The insert should reach close to 100,000 homes in the city!

In the past few years, the Center has worked with dozens of other utility companies, municipalities and other organizations to mail over HALF A MILLION similiar flyers to homeowners throughout Minnesota.  Would your organization like to be next?  Contact Ed Nelson at the MN Home Ownership Center to talk about how your organization, company, utility or municipality can partner with the Center to get the word out about trustworthy non-profit foreclosure counseling services available in Minnesota.

Don't let your friends and neighbors get taken advantage of by unscrupulous foreclosure prevention "Agencies"... help them get connected to the Center's network of community-based (FREE!) counselors today.

A valuable resource: foreclosure-response.org

A new website offering resources intended to help municipalities respond to the foreclosure crisis has been developed by the Center for Housing Policy, KnowledgePlex, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and the Urban Institute.

This new website can be found here: Foreclosure-Response.org

The Web site includes a comprehensive policy guide of strategies for preventing and responding to foreclosures.

One of the most intriguing offerings of this new website is the ability to create customized data reports and maps for the entire state.

The Center works closely with a number of municipalities and county governments to let their residents know about the availability of free and confidential foreclosure counseling. If you work for a local, county or state governmental agency, and would like to have materials available for your homeowners, please contact Ed Nelson at the Minnesota Home Ownership Center.

The sooner homeowners begin the counseling process, the more options they have!