To help combat the rise of foreclosures in metro Atlanta, Mayor Shirley Franklin, DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and Fulton County Chair John Eaves joined with national and local organizations today to announce the HOPE foreclosure prevention program and toll-free 1-888-995-4673 (HOPE) hotline.

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A campaign to stem rising numbers of foreclosures locally and statewide was announced Wednesday by metro Atlanta civic leaders and elected officials. Free counseling and a 24-hour hotline will be offered through the 1-888-995-HOPE campaign to help homeowners avert foreclosure. In 2006, metro Atlanta ranked second among urban areas nationwide in its foreclosure rate, according to RealtyTrac, a

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OMAHA, Neb. — After Ivan Eicher lost his job, he and his wife, Delores, fell several months behind on their house payments. Facing foreclosure, they accepted an offer from a company that promised to help them keep the home where they’d lived for more than 20 years.
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The statewide Foreclosure Prevention Task Force has launched a series of radio and television public service announcements in an effort to reach homeowners in the state who have missed mortgage payments and are at risk of foreclosure.

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Foreclosure happens. People fall behind on their mortgage payments, can’t keep up and wind up losing their homes. Other than a death in the family, a serious illness or finding Carrot Top in your bathtub, it’s as traumatic as anything that can happen.

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