Foreclosure Prevention

As a result of the nationwide mortgage lending crisis, the non-profit organizations and government agencies listed below offer free financial counseling to Will County homeowners.

• Will County Center for Community Concerns
  Vicki McDonald, housing counselor specialist
  304 N. Scott Street
  Joliet, IL 60432
  (815) 722-0722 ext. 221
  Website: www.wcccc.net

• Homeownership Preservation Foundation
  24 hours a day, 7 days a week: (888) 995-4673
  Website: www.995hope.org

• ACORN Home Equity Loss Prevention (HELP)
  (888) 409-3557
  Website: www.acornhousing.org
  Email: help@acornhousing.org

• "FHASecure"
  U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  (800) 225-5342
  Website: www.fha.gov/about/fhasfact.cfm

• Illinois Department of Human Services
  (800) 843-6154
  Website: www.dhs.state.il.us
  Local partner:
      Catholic Charities of Joliet
      Donna Reed
      (815) 774-4663
      Email: dnreed@cc-doj.org
      Kevin Bunker
      (815) 774-4663

• Office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
  (312) 814-3000
  Website: www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov

• Office of Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias
  "Our Own Home"
  Ben Noven, director
  (312) 814-1249
  Website: www.ourownhome.net

• U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  (202) 708-1112
  Website: www.hud.gov

• Illinois Housing Development Authority
  (312) 836-5200
  Website: www.ihda.org