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The Capital Area Foreclosure Network |
The Capital Area Foreclosure Network (CAFN) brings together key stakeholders to enhance tools and knowledge to combat the region’s foreclosure crisis. The Capital Area Foreclosure Network is action oriented and high energy- our acronym CAFN is even pronounced caffeine! CAFN’s leadership includes representatives from local governments, grass roots organizations, funders, and large national institutions such as NeighborWorks America, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. CAFN is committed to staying pro-active and nimble so we can partner with a variety of organizations and respond to changing needs around the region.
CAFN:
- Provides comprehensive support to front-line organizations and local coalitions working with at-risk residents;
- Conducts regional marketing and outreach campaigns urging residents to get help and warning them of the dangers of foreclosure rescue scams; and
- Researches and analyze regional foreclosure data and trends to better target resources and identify service delivery gaps.
Launched in April 2010, CAFN is being jointly led by the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The Urban Institute provides the network and our members with strategic research and analysis, including a scan of area housing counseling, legal services, and social service organizations,.
We at CAFN have been busy! Our initial and upcoming activites include:
- Training on May 6th for renters rights. Cohosting with Fannie Mae, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, we will brought together realtors, foreclosure trustees, property managers and legal service providers to provide information about the protections and real world challenges to implementing them.
- Continuing to update our website as a vital resource to non profit organizations; including a regional training calendar, discussion board for housing counselors, and links to resources for at-risk homeowners and practitioners.
- Publishing and distributing almost 14,000 thousand brochures educating the region’s homeowners and renters.
- Presenting findings from Urban Institute scan of region-wide front line organizations on capacity, training and outreach activities.
- Filling gaps identified in a scan of the region’s nonprofit housing counselors, legal service providers, and social service organizations.
Click here if you would like to join CAFN or learn more about our work.
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