ClearPoint Financial Solutions Expands Housing Counseling Capacity and Services in Washington State

--Grant fund will increase access to one-on-one counseling for 1,438 at-risk homeowners

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ClearPoint Financial Solutions (dba ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions) has received a grant for $359,287 from the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to support its outreach and counseling efforts to aid financially-distressed homeowners in the state of Washington.

“We are so fortunate to have the resources to add more counselors in our state to help victims of the foreclosure crisis. ClearPoint and our other counseling partners provide a wonderful service for distressed homeowners and we need them to properly implement the new Foreclosure Fairness Act”

As a result of this grant, over 1,400 Washington homeowners will receive mortgage default counseling conducted by a National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC)-certified credit and housing counselor. This funding will also be used to increase counseling staff in support of services offered through the Washington State Foreclosure Fairness Act Mediation Program, which took effect Friday, July 22. In order to access these free services, Washington state residents are encouraged to call toll-free 877.877.1995 to schedule a foreclosure mitigation counseling session.

“We are so fortunate to have the resources to add more counselors in our state to help victims of the foreclosure crisis. ClearPoint and our other counseling partners provide a wonderful service for distressed homeowners and we need them to properly implement the new Foreclosure Fairness Act,” said Karen Miller, Washington State Housing Finance Commission Chair. “Representative Tina Orwall understood this need and provided the leadership to pass this law to help working families in Washington who are facing foreclosure.”

ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions, a nonprofit organization, is a member of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and a system-wide accredited business with the Council of Better Business Bureaus and a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-approved housing counseling agency. Free appointments for credit, debt, budgeting and most housing-related issues may be made by calling 877.877.1995. For more about ClearPoint, visit www.ClearPointCCS.org.