Training Materials for Attorneys

Home Ownership Projects

"Foreclosure Equity Stripping: Legal Theories and Strategies to Attack a Growing Problem," 39 Clearinghouse Review 607 (March-April 2006) Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

"Home Equity Loans and the Foreclosure Crisis: Avoiding Foreclosure for Victims of Predatory Lending," PowerPoint presentation, Memphis Area Legal Services

"Foreclosure Prevention: Legal Issues and Strategies," PowerPoint presentation, Memphis Area Legal Services

"Home is Where the Cash Is: Protecting Homes and Equity for the Elderly," 42 Clearinghouse Review 212 (September-October 2008) Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

"Screening Questionnaire re Mortgage and/or Foreclosure Cases," Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Renter Issues

"Helping Low-Income Tenants Avoid Post-Foreclosure Evictions," Webinar, held on Thursday, October 2, 2008 and hosted Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.  (Includes PDFs of speaker presentations, the videotaped webinar, and supporting materials such as cases, CLE materials, and other documents.)

"Federal Home Foreclosure Bill Offers Aid to Low-Income Rental Housing, Too" Step Forward – Shriver Center Blog

Community Legal Education Materials

"Tips for Homeowners: Getting Help When You Are in Default on Your Mortgage or Facing Foreclosure," Atlanta Legal Aid Society

"4-Step Foreclosure Manual," (English) Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

"4-Step Foreclosure Manual," (Spanish) Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

"Know Your Rights: Predatory Lending Practices," National Association of Consumer Advocates

"Mortgage Rescue Scams," Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

"Equity Theft," Atlanta Legal Aid Society

"Home Purchase Fraud," Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Description of Activities

Notes from the June 16, 2008, Conference Call on the Foreclosure Crisis, available on the Shriver Center's Foreclosure Google Group

"SBLS's [South Brooklyn Legal Services'] Foreclosure Prevention Project Receives $400,000 In New Funding," South Brooklyn Legal Services

"Helpers Save Woman's Home," The Chronicle-Telegram, August 14, 2008, Legal Aid of Cleveland

"Project Saves Homes: Mediation Program to Help Curb Foreclosures in County," Star Beacon Tuesday, August 12, 2008, submitted by the Legal Aid of Cleveland

Collaborative Work Spaces

Clearinghouse Foreclosure Group

National Association of Consumer Advocates, NACA has a listserv that is available to members

Policy and Legislative Issues

Policy Papers, Research, and Publications on Foreclosure Issues, Center for Responsible Lending

"Model State Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act," January 18, 2008, National Consumer Law Center

"Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act," Ft. Lauderdale Real Estate, September 24, 2008, submitted by the National Consumer Law Center

"The New Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act: Is It the End of Short Sales for Realtors?" Ft. Lauderdale Real Estate, September 24, 2008, submitted by the National Consumer Law Center

"Foreclosure Prevention Counseling: Preserving the American Dream (with CD-ROM)," submitted by the National Consumer Law Center

Links

Building a foreclosure mitigation project

Various aspects of a generic model are available on the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

National Center of State Courts website provides foreclosure data by state and information about local Court foreclosure projects

Pro Bono Projects

Florida: http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/tampabay/
stories/2008/07/21/story10.html

Massachusetts: http://www.massbar.org/for-attorneys/professional-
development/volunteer-opportunities/foreclosure-legal-assistance

Maine:  http://vlp.org/resources/mash

New York: http://www.abcny.org/citybarfund/OurPrograms.htm

Virginia: http://www.vsb.org/docs/valawyermagazine/vl1008_access.pdf

Sample Client education

US Bankruptcy Courts resources for self-represented litigants: http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts/prose.html#fraud

US Dept of Veterans Affairs: Written information and video on special resources available for veterans facing foreclosure: http://www.homeloans.va.gov/ondemand_vets_stream_video.htm

Freddie Mac: http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/
buyown/english/avoiding_foreclosure/

Arkansas: http://www.arlegalservices.org/
Home/PublicWeb/Forclosure

California: http://www.foreclosureinfoca.org/

Connecticut: http://www.larcc.org/pamphlets/housing/about_foreclosure.htm

Florida: http://www.creekgov.net/PDF/legalaidforeclosuretips.pdf

Idaho: 4 minute videos contrast  "predatory lending practices" with "good lending practices" and also available in Spanish.

Illinois: video and written education: www.illinoislegalaid.org/index.cfm?
fuseaction= home.dsp_content&contentID=6339

Indiana: http://www.indianajustice.org/Home/
PublicWeb/Library/Index/1690000/1621200

Maine: www.ptla.org/foreclosure

Ohio: http://www.ohiolegalservices.org/public/legal_problem
/foreclosure/introduction-to-foreclosure/qandact_view

Oregon: http://dfcs.oregon.gov/ml/foreclosure.html

Wisconsin: http://www.homelinemn.org/foreclosure.html

Legal aid foreclosure projects described

Indiana: http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/2222751.html

Maryland: http://www.mdlab.org/foreclosure

New York: South Brooklyn Legal Services: http://www.sbls.org/index.php?id=11

North Carolina: http://www.legalaidnc.org/Public/Learn/
Statewide_Projects/MFP/default.aspx

Ohio " Save the Dream" Project: http://www.com.ohio.gov/SavetheDream/ and: http://www.ohiolegalservices.org/public/
legal_problem/foreclosure/flag-ohio/qandact_view

Pennsylvannia: http://www.clsphila.org/NewsItem.aspx?id=80

Texas collaboration: http://texasforeclosurehelp.org/about/

Virginia: http://www.lsnv.org/

Law school projects

http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2008/
03/20/News/Legal.Aid.Bureau.
Addresses.Foreclosure.Crisis-3278487.shtml

Random Funding sources

http://www.state.ny.us/governor/press/press_0924082.html
http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=599

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