With a surge in the number of foreclosed properties in Maryland, particularly Prince George’s County, the local government and a federally approved housing counseling agency have created a crisis center to assist residents on the brink of losing their homes.
The nonprofit agency, known as SEED, or Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development, opened the crisis center last month during its annual housing fair, which in past years has focused mostly on helping renters become homeowners. This year, about 10 people, with loan documents in hand, stopped at a booth in the Sports and Learning Complex in Landover to receive counseling and information aimed at preventing banks from taking their homes.
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