New website helps Kansas City area families facing foreclosure

New website helps Kansas City area families facing foreclosure

An informative website to help Kansas City consumers and neighborhoods dealing with foreclosures is now available.

The website Kansas City Foreclosure Help provides contact information for local organizations and agencies that offer free foreclosure counseling services.

“Nothing is worse than doing nothing,” said John Santner, regional director of NeighborWorks America. “The website can help connect consumers to people who can help.”

Approximately 10 organizations and agencies in the Kansas City area receive funding and support from the federal National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program to assist consumers facing foreclosure.

“While the attention on foreclosure focuses on Wall Street, the real impact is being felt on Main Street in our neighborhoods,” said David Warm, MARC executive director.

The website also shows current regional maps, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, showing foreclosures in 2007, sub-prime lending, changes in housing values, and projected 2008 foreclosures.

The website is a collaborative effort of the Local Investment Commission, Mid-America Regional Council and NeighborWorks America

More information: Brent Schondelmeyer, (816) 410-8350, bschonde@kclinc.org