Major Accomplishments


  • Conducting foreclosure prevention training, 'Under A Shadow: Dealing with the Threat of Foreclosure". The CD Is available for purchase and the seminar is conducted each Thursday at various locations.
  • Regularly conduct local workshops for housing counselors and persons at risk of foreclosure.
  • Default and delinquency training for housing counselors.
  • Foreclosure prevention training for individual homeowners: 'Under a Shadow" workshops conducted each Thursday.
  • • Serve as the voice of the foreclosure crisis in Prince George's County area-wide through participation in panel discussions and through the media.
  • Co-sponsored a Foreclosure Prevention Forum in Annapolis with the Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition in January 2008.
  • Co-sponsored an area-wide Homeownership Education and Foreclosure Prevention Forum with HUD, The Maryland Department of Housing (DHCD), Prince Georges Department of Housing, and other agencies in March 2008.
  • • Forged relationships with legal service agencies to extend the legal aspects of services available to clients.
  • Partnered with the Maryland Association of Realtors to develop the SALSA program to help struggling homeowners looking for a short-sale solution. Structured program allows participating realtors to accept reduced commissions in exchange for certain concessions.
  • • Worked with NeighborWorks to secure introductory and advanced training for new and experienced housing counselors and foreclosure prevention specialists.
  • Partnered with DHCD to help deliver the Mortgage Late? Don't Wait! message from the Maryland Governor's office and distribute consumer information, including the HOPE brochure.
  • Conducts monthly meetings with partner organizations to share insights, information and best practices, and to leverage homeownership preservation efforts.