Fair Lending & Foreclosure Prevention

The Connecticut Fair Housing Center serves as a resource for borrowers, housing counselors, consumer attorneys, and policy makers on foreclosure prevention, responsible lending, and mortgage lending discrimination issues.  We provide:

• Fight Foreclosure:  Education for borrowers and housing counselors on identifying predatory loans.  For information on identifying predatory loans and preventing foreclosure, click here. 
• Find a Lawyer:  Referrals to the Foreclosure Prevention Pro Bono Panel, a network of attorney providing pro bono legal representation to low-income homeowners who are in danger of foreclosure or may be victims of predatory lending.  To access the Panel, call 1-800-453-3320. 
• Fair Lending Advocacy:  Policy analysis and education on anti-predatory lending and unfair lending proposals.  For information on H.B. 5577 (as amended), an Act Concerning Responsible Lending and Economic Security, click here.

In the News…

Foreclosure Help and the CT Fair Housing Center: A Hartford Courant editorial on our services