Saving Homes for Holidays

Today's combination of a tough economy and down housing market has resulted in mortgage payment woes for far too many of Ohio citizens. Homeowners need help, and help is available through Helping Hands Community Outreach Center. Helping Hands and Dayton Urban Ministry Center is hosting "SAVING HOMES FOR THE HOLIDAY 'S event on December 8, 2009 from 10-6 pm along with several other National partners at the Montgomery County Job Center located 1133 Edwin Moses Blvd in Dayton, OH. This is a 5 city National U.S. tour starting in Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit, Las Vegas and Dayton, OH. This event is helping our communities know that there is HOPE in the time of need? Helping Hands is having a 90% success rate with help people save their homes through loan modification, affordable pre-payment plans and have help 25% of homeowners return back to their homes or pulled their homes off sheriff sale?

Helping Hands COC is participating in the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program (NFMC), a program funded by Mission of Peace National Corporation; a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved National Housing Counseling Intermediary. This one-time appropriation from Congress allows Helping Hands to provide free foreclosure mitigation services to homeowners in or in danger of mortgage default.

"Foreclosure is the worst possible scenario for homeowners, lenders, neighborhoods and our economy in general," said Helping Hands Director. "We have many tools available through NFMC to significantly reduce the impact of foreclosure on our citizens and our community."

Helping Hands is currently providing the following counseling services:
• Thorough review of the homeowner's financial status;
• Review of available payment scenarios; and,
• Mediation with lenders to approve a mutually agreed upon solution.
The primary goal of Helping Hands is always to help homeowners retain their homes with a mortgage they can afford.

About Mission of Peace - www.missionofpeace.com

Mission of Peace National Corporation is a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development National Housing Counseling Agency with an affiliate network of housing counseling agencies throughout the United States.