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Housing and Credit Counseling<\/h1>\n
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If you’re a homeowner who has fallen behind on mortgage payments, you may be facing foreclosure. You may be close to losing your home because of a difficult financial situation. But you don’t need to handle the foreclosure prevention process alone. A counselor with a housing counseling agency can:<\/p>\r\n