CHAPA June 24 Foreclosure Conference Resource Materials | Citizens' Housing And Planning Association

CHAPA STATEWIDE FORECLOSURE CONFERENCE - JUNE 24, 2009

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS - WORCESTER, MA

General Resources:

Conference Agenda
Home Affordable Modification Program Guidelines (Treasury Department)
Press Release: Obama Administration Announces New Details on Making Home Affordable Program
Changes to the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) in the NSP2 HUD Notice of Funding Availability (Enterprise)
Massachusetts Foreclosed Properties Initiative Fact Sheet (CHAPA)
Fact Sheet: An Act Relative to Stabilizing Communities Impacted by Foreclosures (CHAPA)
Real Estate Owned (REO) Stabilization Opportunity Score (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
MHIC Neighborhood Stabilization Loan Fund Program Description
Neighborhood Stabilization Program - Homebuyer Incentive/Rehabilitation Program for foreclosed properties (DHCD, MHP, MassHousing)
Neighborhood Stabilization Funding ("NSP") Combined with MassHousing Purchase and Rehab Loan Description (MassHousing)
Tools for Preventing Displacement of Tenants and Owner Occupants (UMass)
Fannie Mae Presentation on REO Rental Policy
Protecting Section 8 Tenants at Foreclosure (Boston HUD Office)
Code Enforcement Issues in Foreclosed/Distressed Properties (Ann Refolo, City of Worcester)

Plenary Session: Assessing Progress on Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis -

9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m:

WORKSHOP RESOURCES

Morning Workshops

Municipal Strategies for Addressing Foreclosures - 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Ann Refolo, Esq. - Code Enforcement Issues in Foreclosed/Distressed Properties

Jean Delios Presentation - Residential Property Re-Use Project

Real Estate Owned (REO) Stabilization Opportunity Score (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

Federal Initiatives to Reduce Foreclosures - 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Property Acquisition and Financing - 10:30 a.m. - Noon

Geeta Rao Presentation - Property Acquisition and Financing

Massachusetts Foreclosed Properties Initiative Fact Sheet (CHAPA)

Joe Flatley Presentation

MHIC Neighborhood Stabilization Loan Fund Program Description

Ann Houston Presentation

Afternoon Workshops

Post Foreclosures: Preventing Displacement of Tenants and Former Homeowners - 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Tools for Preventing Displacement of Tenants and Owner Occupants (UMass)

Banks Lose Millions by Evicting Tenants in Foreclosure - Judith Liben & Tim H. Davis

Protecting Section 8 Tenants at Foreclosure (Boston HUD Office)

Fannie Mae Presentation on REO Rental Policy

Getting Your Home Back After Foreclosure (City Life/Vida Urbana)

Organizing Against the Economic Crisis by Creating a Bank Tenants Association (City Life/Vida Urbana)

Flyers to Residents in Buildings in Foreclosure: In English, En Espanol (City Life/Vida Urbana)

Pre-Foreclosure/Sale - Letter to Tenant (MBHP)

Post-Foreclosure/Sale - Letter to Tenant (MBHP)

Foreclosure - Letter to Owner (MBHP)

Owner-Occupied Building - Owner Letter (MBHP)

Newly Enacted Protections for Tenants in Residential Properties Undergoing Foreclosure (National Housing Law Project)

Attachments:

Letter from Section 8 Tenant to Landlord

Letter from non-Section 8 Tenant to Landlord

Sample Notice for All Tenants

Sample Notice for Section 8 Voucher Holders that a PHA could send

Sample Letter to send to Public Housing and Section 8 HCV Administrators

Sample Letter to send to Judges who handle landlord tenant cases

Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act - Public Law 111-22

Implementation of State Legislation (Chapter 206) - 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

David Cotney Presentation - Implementation of State Legislation - Chapter 206

Purchase and Rehabilitation Products for Homeowners - 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.