Housing and Foreclosure Prevention

Foreclosure Prevention

Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension offers education and outreach activities designed to combat rising foreclosure rates and help participants to become savvy loan product consumers. Education is focused on:

• Increasing consumer and community partner awareness
• Building knowledge, skills and practices surrounding predatory lending and foreclosure to ensure preservation of homeownership and build awareness of predatory lending characteristics
• Developing proactive workshops, community resource enhancement and local,
  state and national collaboration surrounding predatory lending prevention and foreclosure
  prevention.

In cooperation with the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension provides staff support for the Milwaukee Foreclosure Partnership Initiative. For more information, visit Milwaukee Housing Help.

For more information on predatory lending and foreclosure prevention education programs, contact Suzanne Dennik, 414-256-4672 or suzanne.dennik@ces.uwex.edu.

Upcoming Events

Milwaukee Foreclosure Prevention Event
Free professional assistance from nonprofit counselors for people who need help avoiding foreclosure
Sponsored by the City of Milwaukee and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
Monday, October 19, 2:00 - 8:00 pm
Destiny Youth Plaza
7220 N. 76th Street, Milwaukee
For more information or to start the process of getting help, call the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, 414-921-1090
Additional resources available at www.milwaukeehousinghelp.org
Download the event flyer in English and Spanish ( 1984 KB, 2 pages)

Foreclosure in Wisconsin: Responses and Resources for Living Beyond the Bubble
One of a series of conferences in Wisconsin to address the increasing number of foreclosures
Thursday, November 5
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
5311 S. Howell Avenue, Milwaukee
Register at http://www.chicagofed.org/community_development

Recommended Web Resources on Housing

For more information on housing opportunities, go to:

Milwaukee

• Milwaukee Housing Help
• Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation
• Milwaukee Department of City Development
• Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors
• Greater Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
• Home Ownership Resource Network of Counseling Agencies in Milwaukee

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
• Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development
• UW-Extension Publications on buying and maintaining a home

National

• National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development