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Conferences and Workshops

  • November 4, 2011, Houston: A partnership including the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hope Now, NeighborWorks America, the Greater Houston Foreclosure Prevention Task Force and the Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force will host a Help for Homeowners Community Event on Friday, November 4, 2011, 11 a.m. –7:30 p.m. at the Hilton Americas Hotel, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas 77003. For more information including a list of documents to bring to the event, see the flyerPDF
  • Recovery, Renewal, Rebuilding: A Federal Reserve System Foreclosure Series offsite
    A recap of the series of forums focused on the aftereffects of the foreclosure crisis and solutions for community recovery, rebuilding and preparing for the future. Materials from these forums are now available online.
  • Review presentations from the 2007 Preserving Homeownership conference held at the Dallas Fed.

Foreclosure Mitigation Toolkit for Communities

Resources for community leaders to assess their foreclosure situation, reduce preventable foreclosures, provide support to troubled homeowners and stabilize neighborhoods. Go to Toolkit»

Consumer Information
Resources available to consumers facing foreclosure
FR Board of Governors
Consumer Mortgage information offsite
5 Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure Scamsoffsite
Foreclosure Resources for Consumers offsite

Filing a Bank-Related Complaint offsite

Other Consumer Information
Independent Foreclosure Review offsite
2-1-1 Texas: Connecting People and Servicesoffsite
NeighborWorks Foreclosure Hotlineoffsite
888-995-HOPE
NeighborWorks Loan Modification Scam Alertoffsite
Know Your Optionsoffsite
Find a HUD Counseloroffsite
Emergency Homeowners' Loan Programoffsite
Making Home Affordableoffsite
Net Present Value Calculatoroffsite
Research Publications
Papers, articles and data, including work by the Federal Reserve
Addressing the Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis. Federal Reserve Mortgage Outreach and Research Efforts (MORE)Off-site PDF
The Texas Housing Market and Foreclosure Resources
Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramPDF
Southwest Economy, Dec. 2009, "Texas Dodges Worst of Foreclosure Woes"
Banking & Community Perspectives, Issue 2, 2007, "Preserving Homeownership:
Addressing Foreclosure"offsite PDF
Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Truth in Lending Disclosures for Closed-end Mortgagesoffsite PDF
Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Truth in Lending Disclosures for Home Equity Lines of Credit offsite PDF
Summary of Findings: Consumer Testing of Mortgage Broker Disclosuresoffsite PDF
"The Accumulation of Foreclosed Properties" offsite PDF(FRB-Atlanta) Dan Immergluck. Community Affairs Discussion Paper #02-08, December 2008.
Community Resources
Local and national resources, directory of service and best practices in the area of foreclosure assistance
State
Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force offsite
Texas Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs offsite
Texas Attorney General offsite
Legal Assistance for Low-Income Texans offsite
National
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Making Home Affordable Programoffsite
National Community Stabilization Trustoffsite
NeighborWorks ® Americaoffsite
Hope Now offsite
Counselor Information
MHA Handbook offsite PDF
NeighborWorks Training Calendaroffsite
Servicing Alignment Initiative FAQsoffsite PDF
Foreclosure Data and Maps
Texas Serious Mortgage Delinquencies by County Excel
Dynamic U.S. Maps and Data offsite
Foreclosure Needs Score by ZIP codeoffsite
Bexar County Foreclosure Map offsite
Dallas Morning News offsite
Policy & Regulation
Information affecting financial institutions and regulatory updates
Loan Modification offsite
Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) offsite
Federal Financial Regulatory Agencies and CSBS Issue Statement on Loss Mitigation Strategies for Servicers of Residential Mortgages offsite
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003-information on mortgages (and foreclosures) owned by a servicemember during the applicable period of military serviceoffsite
Federal Reserve adopts policy statement supporting prudent commercial real estate (CRE) loan workoutsoffsite
Federal Reserve to implement consumer compliance supervision program of nonbank subsidiaries of bank holidng companies and foreign organizationsoffsite
Annual adjustment of fee-based trigger for additional mortgage loan disclosuresoffsite
Board publishes 5 Tips for Dealing with a Home Equity Line Freeze or Reductionoffsite
Board approves final rules revising disclosure requirements for mortgage loans under Regulation Zoffsite
Regional Reserve Banks
Efforts in other Reserve Bank Districts to alleviate foreclosures
Federal Reserve Community Affairs websites
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