ACCORD Corporation

Lynne Faecke - Director
Phone - (585) 268-7605 ext. 1044
e-mail - lfaecke@accordcorp.org

Melanie Miller - Housing Counselor
Phone - (585) 268-7605 ext. 1022
e-mail - mmiller@accordcorp.org

ACCORD Corporation is a not-for-profit Community Action Agency located in beautiful Allegany County, New York. Established in 1972, we have a history of dedicated service through our experienced and professional staff of over 150 employees. With several locations throughout the county, we continue to strive for excellence in alleviating poverty and fostering economic development and growth.

Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

Cattaraugus Community Action 

25 Jefferson Street / PO Box 308
Salamanca, New York 14779-0308
Phone: (716) 945-1041
Fax: (716) 945-1301
For information, email us at jfuller@ccaction.org

Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc., is an anti-poverty organization dedicated to helping people help themselves. We provide opportunities that empower people of our community to bring about social and personal change. By focusing on strengths, we promote self-effectiveness, dignity, and hope.



Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corp 

John_Murphy@chric.org 

Foreclosure Counselor - Brenda Bunce e-mail at Brenda_Bunce@chric.org

2 Academy Street
Mayville, NY 14757
716-753-4650

Chautauqua Home Rehabilitation and Improvement Corporation (CHRIC)
 has been helping low and moderate income residents of Chautauqua County 
repair and  maintain their homes since 1978 through grants for necessary home repairs,
grants to help landlords make their rental properties lead-safe, and assistance with adaptations for the elderly and disabled.

CHRIC also provides other types of assistance including:

• programs to help people purchase their first home
• foreclosure prevention counseling
• reverse mortgages counseling
• loan programs designed for work-related transportation expenses

CHRIC is a private, not-for-profit agency overseen by a Board of Directors made up of community representatives. 



Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

Keuka Housing Council, Inc

Community-Based Housing Services

Service Area: YATES COUNTY
Contact: KATHRYN W. DISBROW
Phone: (315) 536-8707
Email: kathydisbrow@keukahousing.org
Service Profile: Keuka Housing Council, Inc. (KHC) continues to work on increasing the quantity and quality of affordable housing in Yates County. This includes rental and owner-occupied property, with special attention given to the unique needs of low -income residents. KHC strives to increase public awareness of housing needs and works with government and private housing interests to create opportunities to address such needs. KHC provides information and technical assistance to groups and individuals interested in improving the supply and condition of housing. KHC receives and manages funds for the construction and rehabilitation of housing. KHC advocates for the development of and enforcement of proper land use regulations, building codes, and policies that will encourage the development of safe, quality housing. KHC currently operates First-Time Homebuyer programs for Yates County. KHC provides home improvement programs for existing low-income home owners. The Council will continue its efforts to apply for funds to assist the low-income population of Yates County. The funds will come from NYS Affordable Housing Program, NYS Housing Trust Fund, HUD-CDBG, HOME Program, HHAP, Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation, and the private sector.

KEUKA HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.
160 MAIN ST
PENN YAN, NY 14527

Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

PathStone Corporation   hvantol@pathstone.org

Foreclosure Intervention Services:

Service Area: Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Wyoming, Genesee & Orleans Counties
Contact:  Hubert Van Tol
Phone: 585-340-3324
Email: savemyhome@pathstone.org

Service Profile:
PathStone assists homeowners who are experiencing trouble with their mortgages. Our experienced foreclosure counselors will help borrowers in trouble understand the foreclosure process and whenever possible will help them obtain a loan modification or some other foreclosure solution from their lender. We can also provide legal referrals for borrowers who are facing a “settlement conference” in court with their lender or who need other legal assistance with their mortgages.

First Time Homebuyer Program:
Service Area: Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Wyoming, Genesee, Monroe & Orleans Counties
Contact:  Sue Boss
Phone: 585-340-3384
Email: sboss@pathstone.org

Service Profile:
PathStone provides an extensive first time home buyer counseling program.  Our experienced housing counselors will help first time homebuyers understand the entire home buying and mortgage process and will assist them through the closing with personalized advice and assistance. Advanced counseling programs like PathStone’s, which includes up to ten hours of class room work, dramatically reduce the numbers of first time home buyers who fall into predatory lending and foreclosure traps. In addition PathStone’s program works with local banks to provide matched savings programs that can help borrowers save up for down payment and closing costs.

Rural Revitalization Corporation

Mark Sabella, Executive Director

Founded in 1982 as one of the first rural NeighborWorks(r) organizations. Rural Revitalization Corporation (RRC) dba NeighborWorks(R) Home Resources provides services to Cattaraugus County, five townships in two adjoining counties, and both Seneca Nation Indian Reservations.

Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

SENECA HOUSING, INC.
Serving the Housing Needs of Seneca County

Contact:  Mary McDonald
Telephone:  315-568-2200
Fax:  315-568-4311
Email:  mary@senecahousing.org
Address:  11 Auburn Road
               Seneca Falls, NY  13148

Seneca Housing, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1972.  Under our By-Laws, the purposes for which this corporation was organized include “providing fair and adequate housing for low-income, elderly and distressed persons unable to obtain such housing unassisted and to do any other act or thing incidental to or connected with the foregoing purposes or in advancement thereof.”

Seneca Housing administers the HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program in Seneca County, under contract with the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation.  Under this program, we facilitate the provision of HUD rental assistance to 200 families or individuals so that they have the financial ability to live in safe, decent housing.  In 2005, we instituted the Homeownership Voucher Option, which will convert a HUD rental-assistance payment to a HUD mortgage-assistance payment for those of our eligible clients who have the desire to own their own home and are able to obtain financing.  Our staff is certified through NeighborWorks, Inc. to present Homebuyer Education Training, and we provide homeownership counseling to our HUD clients as well as to interested members of the community.  We also offer foreclosure prevention and mortgage default counseling.

Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling

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Tri County Housing Council

Tri County Housing Council
143 Hibbard Rd
PO Box 451
Big Flats, NY 14814

Phone (607)562-2477
Fax (607)562-3856
E-mail:  info@tricountyhousing.org

Tri County Housing Council, founded in 1974, is a non-profit housing agency serving residents of Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben Counties. For over twenty-five years our dedicated professional staff and board of directors have provided and/or coordinated housing services for very low to moderate income families in the tri county area. Funding for our programs is provided by the Department of Housing & Urban Development and the NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal. You can find more information on affordable housing in New York State at the following website www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ahd/
 


Offers Foreclosure Prevention Counseling.

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc  

215 North Cayuga Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 273-3667
Toll Free: (800) 724-4170

The best way to find out if LawNY can help you is to call the nearest LawNY office. When you call, you will be asked about the kind of problem you are having, where you live, and your situation. This will help us figure out whether we can help you.
Unfortunately, we cannot represent everyone who asks for our help. Even if we don't have funding or advocates available to help with your specific problem, we usually can give you general information about your problem. Or, we can usually give you the name of another agency which might be able to help you. LawNY offices are not allowed to give criminal law advice.
If we do think we can help, we may ask you to come in to the office for an appointment so we can get more information. Sometimes we can get all the information we need from you over the phone. If we are able to take you on as a client, we will confirm that decision in writing.

Where are our offices?
We have seven offices and serve 14 counties. Click the city name to see the contact information for each of our offices: Bath, Elmira, Geneva, Ithaca, Jamestown, Olean and Rochester

LawNY is a non-profit law firm that provides free legal aid to people who live in 14 counties in western New York.
LawNY offices may be able to help you with problems such as welfare terminations, divorces, evictions, SSI denials, or other problems if you live in one of the counties we cover.

C. Kenneth Perri, Executive Director  kperri@lawny.org

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.
Geneva Office
361 SOUTH MAIN STREET
GENEVA, NEW YORK 14456
tel: (315) 781-1465 or (866) 781- LAFL
fax: (315) 781-2565