Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity

State, Advocates Make Quality Foreclosure Prevention Help Available for Free to Homeowners

ALBANY, NY (01/08/2009)(readMedia)--

WHAT:

Press Conference announcing housing counselors from not-for-profit agencies in the Capital District are being trained and ready to provide homeowners with free, quality foreclosure prevention services. The Capital District HomeSave Coalition is part of a group of 100 not-for-profit counselors participating in a series of professional training courses this week sponsored by NeighborWorks® America and the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR).

WHO:

  • Susan Cotner, Coordinator, HomeSave Coalition & Affordable Housing Partnership
  • Stephanie Galvin, Housing Counselor, Albany County Rural Housing Alliance
  • Deborah Boatright, Northeast District Director, NeighborWorks® America
  • Brian Lawlor, Executive Deputy Commissioner, DHCR

WHEN:

Monday, January 12, 2009; 11:30 AM

WHERE:

Holiday Inn/Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany NY, site of NYS DHCR/NeighborWorks® Foreclosure Counseling Training. Press conference will be held in the Phoenix Ballroom.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: More than 100 counselors-in-training will be in attendance representing not-for-profit organizations from around the state. Media wishing to film prior to announcement inside classroom as training takes place, please call Hilary Lamishaw at (518) 527-1474 (cell). Space is limited.

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