The Cook County foreclosure mediation program is based on a successful mediation pilot program in Philadelphia. During court mediation, borrowers sit down with their lenders in the presence of a trained third-party mediator and try to find a...

The site brings together key resources, such as success stories of local efforts to limit the impact of foreclosures on the region, research and data tracking foreclosures and their effects on the six-county region, events like homeowner outreach and...

  In front of an audience of more than eighty attendees from government, nonprofit, and private sectors, key leaders and participants envisioned a future where all would have the opportunities and protections necessary to achieve economic security and prosperity....