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Don’t Wait to Get Help
In this video, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley encourages those facing financial hardship or anyone who fears losing their home to seek assistance. Tax-payer funded, HUD-certified housing counselors offer services at no charge, and can assist someone facing foreclosure with discussing options with their lender. For information or to connect to resources, call the [...]
Continue reading...Missouri Launches a New Program to Aid Struggling Homeowners
Friday, September 4, 2009
The Missouri Housing Development Commission announced last Friday that it is launching a new program to combat foreclosures across the state. The $3 million program is aimed at the 25% of Missouri homeowners who owe more than their home is worth. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the new initiative will offer up to [...]
Continue reading...Seminar: Improve Your Online Job Search Skills
Monday, July 27, 2009
Now more than ever, companies are recruiting employees using the internet. Throughout the months of July and August, the United Way’s Partnership for the New Workforce is sponsoring free computer classes. Each three hour, hands-on seminar is focused on helping participants learn the skills needed for finding jobs online. These skills include creating an online [...]
Continue reading...Senator McCaskill Urges New Standards for the Reverse Mortgage Industry
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Senator Claire McCaskill, D-MO, spoke Monday at a hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging held at the OCHS Senior Center in University City. The St. Louis Beacon reports that her focus at the hearing centered around reverse mortgages. A reverse mortgage allows seniors (aged 62 or older) to receive income by using a [...]
Continue reading...Unemployment Leads to More Foreclosures Across the Country
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A new wave of foreclosures is affecting areas of the country not previously hard-hit by the mortgage crisis. USA Today reports that these foreclosures are different from the foreclosures at the beginning of the mortgage crisis in 2007. Instead of being caused by risky subprime lending, the recent increase in foreclosures is due to rising [...]
Continue reading...Problems with the Making Home Affordable Program
Thursday, June 11, 2009
NPR’s All Things Considered recently reported on the Making Home Affordable initiative signed into law by President Obama in March. Though the plan promises to help 4-5 million homeowners, so far it has successfully modified only 17,000 mortgages. For many Americans, applying for help through the initiative has turned out to be a confusing and [...]
Continue reading...St. Louis on the Air – 5/28
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Today the focus of KWMU’s St. Louis on the Air was financial literacy. Host Don Marsh was joined by three guests all working within the St. Louis community to increase financial literacy—Suzanne Gellman, Consumer Economics Specialist at University of Missouri Extension; Cassandra Kaufman, Director of Community Investment at the United Way of Greater St. Louis; [...]
Continue reading...Renters and the Mortgage Crisis
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Yesterday the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article about the effect of the mortgage crisis on renters–if a rental property is foreclosed on, even renters who pay their rent on time every month can find themselves out on the streets with little to no warning. The article mentioned a few bills in the House and the Senate [...]
Continue reading...Funding for United Way’s Helpline
Monday, March 23, 2009
Last week the St. Louis Business Journal announced that the United Way of Greater St. Louis’s 2-1-1 helpline will be getting $238,000 in federal funding. Throughout our work on Facing the Financial Crisis, United Way has been a valuable partner—their 2-1-1 referral service has connected many people to trusted resources. We’ll keep you updated as [...]
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The St. Louis Beacon posted a new segment in their Job Talk series earlier this week. This report describes GO! Network and its work to help unemployed professionals in St. Louis. The economic downturn has led to unemployment among groups who have never before had to worry about paying their bills on time. Among them [...]
Reverse mortgages are a complicated product and aren’t appropriate for everyone. In our final video of the series, Buz describes the basic considerations that seniors must make when determining if a reverse mortgage is right for them. We hope you’ve enjoyed these videos. A huge thanks to Buz Zeman for talking with us. Additional information on reverse [...]
The explosive popularity of reverse mortgages and the flood of advertisements that followed have spread a number of misconceptions about reverse mortgages. Buz addresses a number of them in this video, explaining what reverse mortgages are and aren’t. He also talks about popular scams and how to avoid them. Look for the final video of [...]
Several weeks ago, Lauren had a conversation with Buz Zeman of Housing Options Provided for the Elderly (HOPE), an organization that counsels seniors on mortgages and other housing issues. Buz said that he has had to devote much of his time lately to explaining reverse mortgages. Though this sort of loan is not new, it’s [...]
In this video, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay suggests that anyone facing foreclosure or in trouble with their mortgage seek assistance and determine if they are eligible for the Refinance and Loan Modification program. More information can be found at www.makinghomeaffordable.gov.
In this video, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley encourages those facing financial hardship or anyone who fears losing their home to seek assistance. Tax-payer funded, HUD-certified housing counselors offer services at no charge, and can assist someone facing foreclosure with discussing options with their lender. For information or to connect to resources, call the [...]
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- The Beacon’s Series on the St. Louis Area Foodbank
- Good News in March Unemployment Numbers
- Lessons from the Wright Family on Seeking Help
- Staring a Business – Upcoming Workshop from the Urban League
- New Employment Resource from Ready, Aim, Advocate!
- Walking Away from Underwater Mortgages
- Beacon: Foreclosure Struggles Linger in St. Louis
- From the Beacon’s Job Talk: GO! Network
- Reverse Mortgage Considerations
- Job Talk from the St. Louis Beacon
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