Preservation and Foreclosure Prevention: How to Keep your Home and Avoid Foreclosure

No one expects to lose their home to foreclosure, but sometimes the unexpected challenges of life can make the responsibility of homeownership a tough one. If financial difficulties are threatening your ability to keep your home, click on the topics below to learn more about:

• What is foreclosure?
• Early signs of financial trouble
• Working with your lender to prevent foreclosure
• Options to help you stay in your home
• Steps to take if you’re facing foreclosure
• Recognizing frauds and scams
• Where to get help

For more information about how to avoid foreclosure in Milwaukee contact a counseling partner below:

Foreclosure Counseling Partners

The Take Root Milwaukee Homebuyer Counseling Agencies listed here are either HUD-Approved counseling agencies or funded through the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program, administered by NeighborWorks America. Additionally, as members of the Milwaukee Homeownership Consortium, each one will be working towards endorsing and adopting the National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education and Counseling (NIHEC), which include Standard Activities for Foreclosure Intervention and Default Counseling.  To learn more about the National Industry Standards visit www.homeownershipstandards.com.

GreenPath Debt Solutions

(888) 776-6735

4811 S 76th St Suite 410
Milwaukee, WI 53220
www.GreenPath.com or click here to set up an appointment
Language: GreenPath offers counseling or interpretation services via phone or in-person in over 170 languages.

Lightstreams Community Development Center

(414) 464-0202

Email: lightstreamscdc@bizwi.rr.com
6125 W. Baldwin St.
Milwaukee, WI  53218
www.lighstreamscdc.org

Select Milwaukee

(414) 562-5070

2209 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.
Milwaukee, WI
www.selectmilwaukee.org
Language: English,  Spanish

United Community Center

(414) 384-4729 or (414) 384-3100

1028 S. 9th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53204
www.unitedcc.org
Language: English,  Spanish

If you think you may have been the victim of a foreclosure "rescue" scam or predatory loan situation you can also contact:

Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council

(414) 278-9190

600 East Mason St., Suite 401, Milwaukee, WI 53202
www.FairHousingWisconsin.com