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Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Project is a collaborative statewide project involving several legal services programs. The Project will be comprised of attorneys from 7 major legal services programs who will work as a statewide foreclosure prevention unit. The goal of the Project is to provide comprehensive and coordinated foreclosure prevention advocacy throughout the state by 1) providing direct legal representation to homeowners facing foreclosure, 2) providing support to housing counseling organizations, 3) coordinating policy advocacy on a statewide basis, and 4) providing training and technical support. The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) will provide training and advocacy assistance.
The Michigan Legal Services Programs participating in this Project are:
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Legal Aid and Defender Association
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Legal Aid of Western Michigan
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Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
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Legal Services of Northern Michigan
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Legal Services of South Central Michigan
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Michigan Legal Services
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Michigan Poverty Law Program
Other Collaborating Organizations are: Michigan Foreclosure TaskForce (convened by Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM)) and Lakeshore Legal Aid/Counsel and Advocacy Law Line.
The Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Program is funded by grants from the Kresge Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Michigan State Bar Foundation, and the Institute for Foreclosure Legal Assistance (IFLA) - a project of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) - managed by the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), and by a contract with the Michigan State Housing and Development Authority.
