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DC Area Foreclosure Assistance Mobile Text Service by CAFN

Regional Community Service Announcement TEXT HOME or CASA to 877-877 The Capital Area Foreclosure Network (CAFN) very recently announced the launch of a new foreclosure prevention text messaging service. The service will provide those in or worried about foreclosure with access to advice, reminders, and alerts through their mobile phones in either Spanish or English . The goals of the campaign are to increase the number of homeowners and renters that get help from a nonprofit housing counselor, and decrease the number of people who drop out of counseling. TEXT HOME or CASA to 877-877 Parties can opt-in to the service by using their mobile device to text message HOME or CASA to 877-877 , and will then immediately receive critical information and a hotline number to use when they are ready to connect to a counselor at a HUD approved counseling organization. After opting in, mobile subscribers will receive periodic reminders, information about foreclosure prevention programs available in