ECHO TV Program on Affordable Housing

The MN Home Ownership Center is pleased to have worked with ECHO (Emergency, Community and Health Outreach), the Minnesota Community Foundation and the Saint Paul Foundation to produce a new television program for Minnesotans with limited English proficiency about the resources available in Minnesota to obtain affordable housing.

The show, aptly titled "Affordable Housing" will air on Twin Cities Public Television’s Minnesota Channel throughout the summer in Spanish, Hmong, Somali and English.  (All shows are closed-captioned in English).

You can learn more about "Affordable Housing" at the upcoming launch event to be held in St. Paul:

Thursday, June 3rd

8:00-10:00 am

Skyline Towers

1247 St. Anthony Avenue, Saint Paul

Attendees receive free DVD of program in four languages.

RSVP (required) to Ashlee Bethel at 651-325-4212 or amb@saintpaulfoundation.org

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Center Sightings: Radio & TV

The Minnesota Home Ownership Center is pleased to have been a part of TWO news stories this week on local media outlets.

The first story, covered by Minnesota Public Radio, Ed Nelson, Marketing and Communications Manager for the Center discusses the discrepancy between RealtyTrac foreclosure counts and HousingLink's foreclosure study that the Center partially funds.  You can follow that story here.

The second story, on WCCO, covers the Center's participation in next week's "Home Preservation" event with Wells Fargo at the St. Paul RiverCentre.  The MN Home Ownership Center was pleased to be invited to participate in this large scale (4 - 600 people are expected) event hosted by Wells.  We'll be following up with additional information about the event and the network of Foreclosure Counselors that will be participating in a blog post shortly.  You can see Julie Gugin, the Center's Executive Director, in the WCCO story here.

We participate in stories like these for one purpose: to let struggling homeowners know that there is a LOCAL, FREE resource available to them right here in Minnesota.  Our network of Housing Counselors is ready to assist Minnesota Homeowners with their mortgage questions.  Struggling with your mortgage?  Click here for help.

Safe at Home Documentary - Airs Sunday Night!

Safe at Home: Preveventing Foreclosure, gives an overview of the foreclosure prevention efforts of the Statewide Counseling Network of foreclosure prevention specialists. It explains the current mortgage crisis in Minnesota and, more importantly, explains the efforts that are underway to assist consumers and rebuild neighborhoods.

The program comes to life with the contributions of two brave home owners who were willing to share their personal stories so that Minnesotans watching could learn about the real warning signs of falling behind – and the benefits of counseling.


This documentary airs for the first time Sunday Night, May 17th at 7:00pm on TPT's Minnesota (MN) channel.


Here's a list of providers that broadcast the TPT Minnesota Channel, and the channel number:

For more information, visit the Center's website, here: http://www.hocmn.org/safeathome.cfm