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Private nonprofit company revitalizing neighborhoods by creating and supporting successful home ownership through a one-stop shop:

• Counseling on home purchase

• Financial literacy programs - credit, budgeting, financial planning

• Foreclosure prevention, anti-predatory lending support and programs

• Home Stretch home buyer workshops

• Low interest and deferred loans for home improvement and down payment assistance; grants may be available

• Programming in Hmong including Home Stretch Workshops, home buyer, financial literacy, foreclosure prevention programs

• Renovated or new homes for sale

NOTE: Does not provide rental assistance, rental units, or assist with other rental issues

Provides legal services including:

• Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors
• Contract-for-Deed issues
• Custody and visitation issues
• Divorce
• Evictions
• Family issues
• Fuel assistance
• Garnishment
• Housing code violations
• Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc.
• Mortgage foreclosures
• Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance
• Unemployment compensation
• Utilities
• Supplemental Security Income

Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Offers foreclosure prevention services, including:

• Counsels people with post-purchase issues that are not yet in default

• Helps individuals address the causes of mortgage payment default and develop a spending plan to stabilize and successfully manage their household finances

• Helps individuals understand the foreclosure process and assists in exploring loss mitigation options

Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:

• Create and improve credit

• Financial coaching by appointment

• Financial management skills

• Help navigate financial processes and applications

• Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.

• Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.

• Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.

• Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

Assists individuals and families to sort through credit and debt problems to find workable solutions, includes:

• Budget counseling

• Community education programs

• Debt management program

• Housing counseling

• Foreclosure prevention

• Homebuyer counseling

• Pre-filing bankruptcy counseling

• Reverse mortgage counseling

Provides counseling with referrals to additional resources if necessary. Homeowners work 1:1 with homeownership specialists to assess their situation and determine possible solutions.

Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:

• Create and improve credit

• Financial coaching by appointment

• Financial management skills

• Help navigate financial processes and applications

• Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.

• Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.

• Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.

• Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Services are confidential. Help by phone:

• General information is provided and questions are answered about options
• Helps create a plan and discuss possible next steps

Help in person:

• Analyzes specifics of the situation
• Discusses options that may apply to the situation
• Creates a customized action plan and walks through the next steps. Sometimes this involves helping the individual contact their loan servicer and putting together an application for assistance.

Financial counseling program components:

• Debt Management Plan for debt consolidation and restructuring
• Debt repayment strategies and options
• Budgeting and cash flow assessment
• Credit report reviews
• Reverse mortgage counseling and certificate
• HUD approved mortgage delinquency and foreclosure prevention counseling

Guidance on addressing and resolving financial issues:

• Credit card delinquency
• Credit reporting
• Garnishments
• Collection accounts and judgments
• Defaulted student loans
• Money and Credit Management Workshops available to employer and community groups

Provides legal advice, advocacy and representation for Consumer Law issues related to debt garnishment, predatory and unfair lending practices and collections, mortgage and foreclosure issues, predatory home loans, reverse mortgages, Contract for Deed problems and Property Tax Forfeitures.

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Free, confidential service for homeowners who are behind or concerned about being behind on their mortgage payment. A foreclosure specialist will work with the homeowner to try to prevent foreclosure. Foreclosure counselors:

• Connect clients to programs and resources to help avoid foreclosure

• Help work with lenders to find a solution

• Review a client's complete financial situation

National homeowner hotline providing homeowners with an actionable plan that can help avoid foreclosure and explore alternatives to foreclosure if homeownership cannot be maintained. Hotline can also assist with scam reporting relating to foreclosures and mortgage.

Provides the following financial wellness services:

• Bankruptcy Counseling and Certification

• Debt Counseling and Debt Consolidation

• First-Time Homebuyer Housing Counseling

• Home Equity Loan Housing Counseling

• Mortgage Default and Delinquency Housing Counseling

• Reverse Mortgage Housing Counseling

• Student Loan Counseling

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Provides free, confidential counseling to anyone with mortgage questions, whether they are worried about missing future payments, need clarification about their mortgage terms, or are already behind by one or more payments.

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Provides counseling, advocacy, financial tools, resources, and referrals

• Pre-purchase/homeownership informational workshops and individual counseling on home purchase process

• Foreclosure Prevention: Assistance on work-out options with lenders and HUD

• Provides free housing counseling

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:

• Create and improve credit

• Financial coaching by appointment

• Financial management skills

• Help navigate financial processes and applications

• Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.

• Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.

• Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.

• Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

Primary services include coordinated entry access point for individuals who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Case management is offered to prevent future issues with homelessness. Financial assistance may be available, but it is NOT provided in all situations. Requirements vary by programs and funding. Potential assistance consists of:

• Funding for housing and utility costs/deposits
• Funding for transportation costs via vehicle repair or public transit
• Clothing and food assistance as well as other basic needs
• Housing stability case management

Programs may include:

• Assistance for homeless ex-offenders in Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine County, housing placement, as well as rent and deposit funds, may be available

• Limited fund for short term hotel stays in tandem with case management services-

?- Long-term homelessness supportive services, also known as coordinated entry, are provided for those who qualify for short term hotel stays in Aitkin, Carlton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Pine, and Chisago County to help with housing search and placement for families and unaccompanied youth

• Transitional housing services for homeless youth ages 16 - 22, as well as some financial assistance for rent

? ?NOTE: Funding comes from a variety of sources, including the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP and others.