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In September 2008, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett launched the Milwaukee Foreclosure Partnership Initiative (MFPI). The purpose was to address the rapidly increasing rate of foreclosures within the City of Milwaukee and involved over 100 volunteer professionals from the sector. Through this process, a strong link was identified between homeownership education and successful, sustainable homeownership.
In June 2009, Mayor Barrett and key leaders in the homeownership sector launched the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium. Take Root Milwaukee is a project of the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium. Their purpose is to preserve and promote sustainable, diverse neighborhoods by encouraging and maintaining homeownership. They believe this can be accomplished by:
The following entities are proud to be participants in Take Root Milwaukee:
ACTS offers free, HUD-approved, and one-on-one credit, personal finance, and homebuyer counseling, real estate brokerage services, rehab management, and post-purchase assistance. ACTS provides grants to qualified families for downpayment assistance and assists families to qualify for specialized loan programs. Since 1992, ACTS has assisted with over 1,300 home sales and over 500 rehab projects.
Contact us at 414-933-2215 or visit www.actshousing.org for more information
Buying a home is a big decision, whether you’re buying your first home or another home. When you’re ready to make that move, give me a call. I can help you find the right house at the right price, and make home buying easy and stress free. I am your trusted real estate expert.
Contact me at 414-235-1152 or visit www.AngelaWaltersHomes.com for more information.
We specialize in working with 1st Time Homebuyers, foreclosures / investment opportunities and are dedicated to seeing our clients through the entire process.
Contact us at 414-444-2696 or visit www.realtyamongfriends.com for more information.
Founded in 1882, Aurora Family Service is dedicated to building a nurturing community of healthy families, safe neighborhoods and successful schools. We believe that healthy families include responsible adults, children developing to their full potential and respected elderly – all living in dignity. The Center for Financial Wellness provides sound and affordable solutions that address your individual financial needs. These include learning to manage money before it manages you, learning to set goals and using a budget to get your finances under control.
Contact us at 414-482-8801 or visit www.creditcounselingwi.org for more infomration.
CYD is a non-profit, HUD-certified counseling agency that has been working with first-time home buyers for 19 years. They offer homebuyer workshops every month and one-on-one counseling, and work with clients to overcome barriers of credit, budget, and savings. CYD works closely with Lenders, Real Estate agents, Fair Housing representatives, and Insurance agents to assure our clients reach a successful outcome. CYD has been in business for 40 years serving the community as a nonprofit social service agency that offers various programs to the community.
Contact us at 414-264-6888 or visit http://yourcyd.com/ for more information about CYD.
For more information on the First-time Homebuyer program, call Shirley Lowery at 414-264-6888 Ext. 234 or e-mail loweryshirley@yahoo.com.
Drawing on its 200-year legacy of integrity, strength and financial resources, Chase helps families achieve and sustain homeownership. Today, Chase originates home loans through more than 5,100 Chase bank branches, as well as retail correspondent lenders in 50 states, call centers and loan officers in strategic markets. The company also services $1.3 trillion home loans. Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM).
Contact Linda Klibowitz, VP/Retail Lending Manager at 262-783-3980 or visit www.chase.com/mortgage for more information.
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 provided the City of Milwaukee with federal funding to address foreclosed properties in Milwaukee neighborhoods impacted by the foreclosure crisis. Through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), individuals and families can receive assistance for Homebuyer and Rental Rehabilitation programs. Additionally, these funds can be used to allow the City and its development partners to continue to purchase, rehabilitate, and resell foreclosed properties to owner occupants in these neighborhoods under the NSP acquisition/rehab program, transforming distressed properties into attractive, move-in ready homes. Updated program areas maps can be found here. For more information: www.MilwaukeeHousingHelp.org
Together we can find you a home that suits your budget, needs, wants and wishes. And it will be a fun! 18 years experience in assisting first time homebuyers, those ready to move again, and investors too.
Contact me at 414-322-4710 or emccrossin@shorewest.com
Freddie Mac is proud to play a leading role in supporting the federal Making Home Affordable Program with the Freddie Mac Relief Refinance MortgageSM and our implementation of the Home Affordable Modification Program. Through these initiatives, we are working with Take Root Milwaukee to help homeowners, stabilize the Milwaukee community, and ensure that mortgages remain available and affordable. Freddie Mac is supporting the housing market and answering the nation’s call to assist with its recovery. Our top priorities are providing essential liquidity to the market and helping to stem the foreclosure crisis. Over the past decade, Freddie Mac has invested approximately $93.3 billion in home loans, helping 764,530 Wisconsin families own or rent a home. For more information: www.FreddieMac.com
The key to your opportunity to buy, sell, or invest in real estate is with G. Calaway Realty. A multitude of services are provided to make your real estate experience as easy and convenient as possible, because your time is my time. We specialize in residential and commercial real estate.
Contact us at 414-550-4046 or visit www.georgecalaway.com for more information.
The
Greater Milwaukee Association of REALTORS® is a 4,000-member strong
professional organization dedicated to providing information, services and
products to its members to ‘help them help their clients’ in buying and selling
real estate.
Contact
us at 414-778-4929
or visit www.gmar.ws for more information.
GreenPath Debt Solutions is a government-approved, non-profit financial organization that provides consumers with financial education, housing and bankruptcy counseling, and programs for repaying credit card and other debts. GreenPath’s customized services and solutions have been helping people achieve their financial goals since 1961. There is no cost for a financial assessment with a GreenPath counselor. Services are available in-person, by phone, and over the internet.
Contact us at 888-776-6735, locally at 414-282-8064 or visit www.greenpath.com for more information.
We are a full-service bank headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. We provide consumers with national mortgage solutions throughout the United States and we have more than 165 retail offices, which are located in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Georgia. Many of our retail offices are located within grocery stores to make it convenient for the communities that we serve. As a fourth generation, family-owned business, we know the importance of providing good value and convenient services to our family of customers. That is why we take pride in providing consumers with great products, 7-day banking solutions, evening/weekend hours and a large ATM network. You're Busy, so when it comes to your banking needs, Bank Easy with Guaranty Bank, FSB!
Contact us at 414-362-4000 or visit www.guarantybanking.com for more information.
Founded in 1882 as N.W. Harris & Co., Harris Trust and Savings Bank was established in1907 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. They have 280 branches in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin and over $40 billion in assets. Their community investment activities focus on financial literacy and community and economic development, which includes investing in areas to support affordable housing and small businesses. Harris Bank now offers a variety of mortgage products to meet your needs, including FHA, WHEDA and Home Possible which offer low down-payment options and more.
Contact Marlene Castillo, CRA Relationship Manager at 414-322-6275 / marlene.castillo@harrisbank.com or visit www.harrisbank.com for more information.
LBWN is a non-profit community development organization dedicated to revitalizing Milwaukee's Silver City, Burnham Park, and Layton Park neighborhoods. LBWN serves residents between Layton Boulevard (27th) and Miller Park Way (43rd) and between Pierce Street (the Menomonee Valley) and Lincoln Avenue on Milwaukee's near southwest side. The LBWN neighborhoods are some of the most diverse, interesting, and exciting neighborhoods in the City. Whether you are looking for some delicious dining options, relaxing recreational opportunities, or a new home for your family the LBWN neighborhoods have something for everyone. LBWN is proud to be a Milwaukee Healthy Neighborhood.
Contact: Will Sebern, Community Outreach Manager at 414-385-5300 or visit www.lbwn.org to learn more.
Lightstreams Community Development Center is a HUD and NeighborWorks approved National Housing Counseling Agency, and an affiliate of Mission of Peace a National Housing Counseling Intermediary.
Contact us at 414-464-0202 or visit www.lightstreamscdc.org for more information.
LISC mobilizes corporate and philanthropic support on behalf of local neighborhoods, providing them with loans, grants and equity investments, policy support, and the networks, technical and management assistance they need to realize their goals. LISC works in metropolitan and rural areas throughout the nation to assist its various partners in the development of affordable multi-family and senior housing, homeownership opportunities, commercial enterprises, community facilities, and various community-building programs such as employment, day care, health care, and open spaces.
Contact us at 414-273-1815 or visit www.lisc.org/milwaukee for more information.
Whether you're looking to buy or sell, I can get your home sold, or find you the home you've been dreaming of. Either way, my goal is to make your experience comfortable, guided, fast, and efficient. Call today and let's get started.
Contact: (414) 852-5439, info@lmdrealty.com or visit www.lmdrealty.com for more information.
Marshall& Ilsley is a diversified financial services company based in Wisconsin providing comprehensive financial products and services and unparalleled customer service to personal, business, commercial and institutional customers nationwide. Founded in 1847, M&I provides retail, business and commercial banking services through its 10 state footprint markets.
Contact us at 1-800-MI BANKS (1-800-642-2657) or visit www.mibank.com for more information.
At Marine Credit Union, you'll find the answers to your everyday needs and long term goals. Whatever the obstacles may be: changing jobs, just graduating from college, or retiring, Marine Credit Union offers the resources that can help you on your way of managing your finances and your lifetime endeavors.
Contact us at 1-800-444-5717 or info@marinecu.com for more information or visit our website.
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council’s (MMFHC’s) Fair Lending Program staff provides free foreclosure prevention counseling to borrowers, help borrowers work with their mortgage lenders, and assist victims of mortgage rescue scams. This work to assist borrowers, and to identify and eliminate fraudulent, unfair, and predatory lending practices is done in the context of MMFHC’s mission: to promote fair housing throughout Wisconsin by guaranteeing all people equal access to housing opportunities and by creating and maintaining racially and economically integrated housing patterns.
To report or receive assistance with mortgage rescue scams: 414-278-1240, x22
For foreclosure prevention and predatory lending questions/complaints: 414-278-9190
For more information visit www.fairhousingwisconsin.com.
The Metro Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation program provides voluntary
mediation services to residential homeowners and lender-servicers who
are parties to a foreclosure action filed in Milwaukee County Circuit
Court OR Waukesha County Circuit Court. All mediations are confidential, conducted by a licensed
attorney, include a mandatory referral to a housing counselor, and
require a minimal fee. Mediation does not replace or stay the legal
foreclosure action, but can assist in resolving the foreclosure action
in a manner acceptable to both parties, including the possibility of an
alternative financial payment arrangement.
Contact us at 414-939-8800 or visit www.mediatemilwaukee.com for more information.
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that partners with low and moderate income families to build new, single family homes in the City of Milwaukee. Once families complete an application process and are income-qualified, they work alongside volunteers to put 300 hours of “sweat equity” or volunteer labor into building their home. Homes are sold to Partner Families with a twenty-five year, zero-percent interest mortgage. Monthly mortgage payments range from $500 to $600 - less than most families pay in rent. If you have ever dreamed of owning your own NEW home, learn how you may qualify for a Habitat home today.
For more information call 414-255-3565 or visit our website.
Contact them at 1-888-PNC-BANK or visit www.pnc.com for more information.
PyraMax Bank is a depositor-owned community bank with 115 years of mortgage lending history. We offer a full range of conventional, governmental and affordable lending programs and partner with many non-profits to offer our clients a range of grant and down payment assistance.
Contact Gary White, Community Development Manager at 414-235-5107 or visit www.pyramaxbank.com for more information.
Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee (RTGM) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and revitalize homes and communities, assuring that very low-income elderly homeowners and disabled homeowners, as well as families with childrenm, live in warmth, safety and independence by providing free home repairs.
Contact us at 414-321-7531 (office) or 414-319-9828 (application line) or visit www.rtmilwaukee.org for more information.
Since 1991, Select Milwaukee has been serving Milwaukee homebuyers and homeowners. A non-profit, Select Milwaukee promotes homeownership that people can afford by providing personal guidance and workshops on a variety of homeownership topics including personal finance, mortgage financing, purchase and rehab incentives, energy efficiency, home maintenance, and foreclosure prevention. Select Milwaukee is a NeighborWorks Chartered Member and HUD-approved counseling agency.
Learn more: Call 414-562-5070 or email: info@selectmilwaukee.org. You can also find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/SelectMilwaukee
Serving Milwaukee's Hispanic community and near south side residents of all ages since 1970, the UCC’s Walker Square Neighborhood Development Initiative began in 1994 as an effort to increase neighborhood stability. The program has helped increase the percentage of homeowners in the target area from 40% to nearly 80% over the last ten years. Primarily targeted to assist individuals and families in purchasing their first home, it also provides the support and resources to help these families stay in their home. Since 2003 the program has closed 136 houses for a total of $14.6 million in property values.
Contact us at 414-384-3100 or visit www.unitedcc.org for more information.
Improving Lives by Mobilizing Community Resources…We are committed to improving lives in our community. We provide for people's basic needs, we strengthen families, children and youth, and help individuals become self-sufficient. We also focus on the root causes of our community's most critical problems to break the cycle of poverty - the key to lasting change. We are a local organization run and governed by those living and working within this community. The dollars that are raised here stay here.
Contact us at 414-263-8100 or visit http://www.unitedwaymilwaukee.org/ for more information.
UEDA provides administrative and project support to the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium. UEDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting economic development and housing initiatives that revitalize Wisconsin communities and to building capacity in the community development field through professional training, innovative solutions, policy advocacy and collaboration.
Contact us at 414-562-9904 or visit www.uedawi.org for more information.
U.S. Bank is the fifth largest commercial bank in the United States and operates 3,025 banking offices in 24 states, providing a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. At U.S. Bank we take great pride in being an active and vital member of the communities we serve. U.S Bank strengthens our communities by providing access to opportunities—access that might otherwise not be available. By devoting both time and financial resources to projects, programs and organizations focused on invigorating our communities, we provide residents and businesses with access to opportunities that will enable them to thrive and prosper. Visit www.usbank.com for more information or contact:
Whether you’re buying or selling a home, knowing its
condition guarantees you a fair and smooth transaction. Choosing an inspector to represent you should be as
important as choosing the best interest rate for your mortgage.
Contact Al Walters at 414-235-1101 or al@alwaltershomeinspection.com. Visit http://alwaltershomeinspection.com/ for more information.
In Wisconsin,
Wells Fargo is a leading provider of financial services with 98 locations and
more than 3,700 team members. Wells Fargo's success starts with team members
who work closely with customers to understand their financial needs and find
the right solutions to help them succeed financially. Wells Fargo offers its
customers the full realm of financial products and services, including banking,
insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer and commercial financial.
Contact Dan Sweeney, Community Development Officer at 414-224-4224 or
visit www.wellsfargo.com for more
information.
Westbury Bank is a community bank with long-standing roots in Milwaukee and the surrounding areas. Our goal is to work with you and for you in order to provide the best mortgage financing options and safe, competitive savings plans. We look forward to getting to know you and fulfilling your needs.
Contact Mike Ocampo, Westbury Bank Home Loan Center at 414-525-7070 or visit www.westburybankwi.com for more information.
WHEDA is an independent state authority that works with lenders to provide low-cost financing for housing and small business development in Wisconsin.
Contact us at 1-800-334-6873 or visit www.wheda.com for more information on WHEDA programs.
© 2010 Take Root Milwaukee. Take Root is a service mark of Freddie Mac.
The consumer information on TakeRootMilwaukee.org is used with permission from Freddie Mac. Freddie Mac offers extensive, regularly updated consumer information about buying and owning a home on its website, www.FreddieMac.com, in the “About Homeownership” section. Freddie Mac is not responsible for content errors or omissions on TakeRootMilwaukee.org.
The funding source of this activity is the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium and Freddie Mac.