Acorn Housing Corporation Grant



Organization - Acorn Housing Corporation
Grant Amount - $200,000
Foundation - Ford Foundation
Grant Purpose - To develop a streamlined mortgage foreclosure prevention process with national mortgage servicers


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Community Action House - $12,000 from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area - for the Foreclosure Prevention Program which assists families at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles - $200,000 from the California Community Foundation - Two-year capacity-building support under the HOmeownership Preservation Initative to address the subprime mortgage crisis in Los Angeles by hiring additional staff to focus entirely on foreclosure prevention and intervention litigation.

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