Riverside, CA (Vocus) June 9, 2010
On Friday, June 11, a partnership of regional, state and national government agencies, nonprofit organizations and financial institutions will collect at the steps of City Hall in Riverside to launch a public education campaign made to help property owners protect themselves against loan modification scams, uncover trusted help and report illegal activity to authorities. The press conference and kick-off are among several events held in recent months in cities across the nation to announce the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign, a national initiative created to combat loan modification scams.

California has regularly posted one particular of the nations highest foreclosure prices. The Inland Empire is among numerous metropolitan regions in California to regularly rank among locations with the highest foreclosure prices.

Too a lot of residents in the Inland Empire, like home owners nationwide, are losing thousands of dollars and their residences to scam artists who make huge promises and then do small or absolutely nothing to help them save their residences, said Thomas Coates, program manager for the Housing Possibilities Collaborative of the Inland Empire, a nonprofit organization comprised of a number of HUD-authorized counseling agencies that do not charge shoppers a charge for housing counseling. Any individual can be a victim and the individuals of the Inland Empire want to know what sources are obtainable to them. They need to know that legal aid groups, economic institutions, and HUD-certified counselors are providing free of charge solutions to any individual searching for aid.

The regional kickoff event will function representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, NeighborWorks