On Saturday, October 18, 2008 the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Chairman – Paul Biane, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are hosting a free seminar designed to help aid Inland Empire homeowners from losing their homes to foreclosure. Additional co-sponsorship is provided by the city of Fontana, city of Rancho Cucamongo, and city of Upland.
Attendees of the Home Foreclosure Prevention Seminar can expect to receive personal advice from various real estate professionals, banks, lenders, and nonprofit groups that have been preapproved by HUD.
Educating homeowners is the goal of the seminar; organizers want those who may be facing foreclosure to know that help is available. Speakers are expected to address the issue of “scavengers trying to take advantage of others’ misfortune”, said Biane, in reference to the shady businesses who prey on financially stricken homeowners, by promising “help”.
Biane stated, “we want to get residents reliable information from people they can trust so they can stay in their homes and get back on the path to financial stability.”
If you, or someone you know, would like to attend the seminar, visit www.mybchouse.com to receive important pre-event information. It is suggested that residents, who wish to attend, visit the site where you can print and complete the HUD form and bring it to the seminar on Saturday; however, this isn’t required, and attendees can sign-in on location Saturday morning.
This information is gathered from: http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2008/10/15/news/latest_news/tforeclosureseminar.txt.
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Good to see the department of housing at least taking some stance to try and help home owners in the region.
This is a fantastic article NewHomesGuy. I applaud the city for this. It’s fairly rare that a government agency would take such a proactive approach.
Does anyone know how it went or how many people showed up?
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Seminars like this are really very useful as a platform for sharing information.
This is a great initiative to get people to know each other and to break the ice. Nothing beats a gathering to help people share tips.
This is a great idea to put an end to the economic depression. Stopping real estate free fall would certainly contribute to that. Educating people to a new safer way to manage their finances so they can avoid foreclosure is a great first step towards economic responsibility.
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This sounds great. I just hope it is not one of those things where there will be a ton of Real Estate investors that put this together to meet prospects and convince them that they would be better off selling them their house for nothing. Although often times real estate investors are the only ones that can help people out so who knows. I have a free blog dealing with Foreclosure Services that many people in foreclosure have found useful.
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I think this is a great idea. I think that getting the right information and knowledge out to people is one step to help get us out of this mess, and prevent the next one.
Our educational system does not do enough to prepare us to become financially literate. Your idea will certainly help people avoid tragic financial mistakes. The Rich Dad Poor Dad book is an excellent reference for people in need for financial literacy.