If you are a homeowner concerned about foreclosure, join us for a Facing the Mortgage Crisis town hall meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Farmington Community Library. You can talk with experts about the foreclosure timeline and process, and find out resources available to help prevent foreclosure.

Learn more and get driving directions at the Events page.

After going through it herself, Regina Myree is now working to help others through the foreclosure process. Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley has this profile.

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Michigan Radio’s Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry shares his thoughts on foreclosure as part of our Facing the Mortgage Crisis documentary.

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We aired our Facing the Mortgage Crisis documentary narrated by Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley at 1pm on Friday, July 24. We hosted a web chat with guest panelists Kent Spencer and Gloriane Wiley of the Wayne County Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program. Michigan Radio’s Steve Carmody helped moderate the chat.

Listen to the program and read the web chat HERE.

Sinking home values, lost equity, and the inability to sell have some families considering whether to walk away from their homes.

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We will air our FTMC documentary narrated by Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley at 1pm on Friday, July 24. Starting at that time, you’ll also be able to listen to a streaming MP3 of the program and join in the web chat on the same page. Our panelists for the web chat will be Kent Spencer and Gloria Wylie of the Wayne County Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program. Michigan Radio’s Steve Carmody will be a chat moderator.

For more info, click HERE.

The rising number of homeowners in Michigan facing foreclosure has lead to the rise of a new specialty: distressed property expert.

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We’ve been hearing a lot of stories like this. A family or individual gets hit with a huge illness or injury, and as a result can’t handle both the health care expenses and the mortgage. We wanted to take a closer look at the relationship between health care costs and foreclosures. Michigan Radio’s Christina Shockley talks with Larry Gant, a professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

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Last year we spoke with Debbie Gilliam. She was about to lose her house to foreclosure after losing her job. Now, a year later, Gilliam still lives with her mom. She is struggling to work through the transition and deal with the loss of her house. Gilliam is still looking for a full-time job and hopes to someday own a house again.

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At 1pm on Friday, July 24, Michigan Radio will air a our Facing the Mortgage Crisis documentary. We will host a live web/Twitter chat at 1pm to take your questions and comments about the program. You can use the box below to set an email reminder for yourself. Visit this page for more info.

We will incorporate a Twitter chat using the hashtag #FTMC to track the conversation. All you need is a Twitter account and you can use a site like TweetChat to participate. This will work like a web chat, except every message remains on Twitter permanently.

You can also follow the web chat as an RSS feed. Stay tuned for more information.