Homes On The Hill - Important HUD counseling information

Homes on the Hill CDC

3659 Soldano Blvd,, Columbus, Ohio 43228 614-275-4663

Homes on the Hill Announces

Homes on the Hill, CDC is a private non-profit community development corporation serving the west and southwest parts of the City of Columbus and Franklin County as well as a portion of Madison County. We provide a range of housing development and homeownership related counseling services.

We are contacting you in regard to the recently-passed federal budget which eliminated 88 million dollars in federal funding for HUD-approved housing counseling. This will have a critical negative impact on our organization and on others like us nationwide. I doubt that I need to inform you about the various housing related issues in our district. The west and southwest portions of Columbus and Franklin County have been hit hard by the housing crisis and the recession. Homes on the Hill CDC has been at the forefront of working to improve housing conditions and to assist people through these difficult times. We are valued by the community and especially by those who have used our services. We have assisted thousands of homeowners with our programs. The benefits of these services to individuals and their cost benefit impact on housing and related investments is well-proven. Our homeownership and foreclosure counseling services have been important parts of our community response to the economic and related housing problems.

The current pending budget proposal for 2012 is our current concern: we are working to restore this funding. We are also seeking alternatives to losing the 2011 funding, although the options are limited at best. The 2012 budget is currently being reviewed and your comments are critical in helping to restore funding for housing counseling.

Please contact your local congressional representative or other local public official to express your concerns. We would appreciate your support.

Stephen Torsell

Executive Director

Homes on the Hill CDC

Please use the information below to contact your United States Senators and Representatives in regard to restoring funding for housing counseling:

United States Senators:

Sherrod Brown

Address: 713 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510

Phone: (202)224-2315 or 1-888-896-OHIO (6446)

Contact via his senate website: http://brown.senate.gov/contact/

Rob Portman

Address: B40D Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510

Phone: (202) 224-3353

Contact via his senate website: http://portman.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

United States Representatives:

Steve Stivers (15th District)

Washington, DC Office:
1007 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2015
Fax: (202) 225-3529

Columbus District Office:
3790 Municipal Way
Hilliard, OH 43026
Phone: (614) 771-4968
Fax: (614) 771-3990

Contact via his senate website: http://stivers.house.gov/Contact/

Pat Tiberi (12th District)

Washington DC Office:
Phone: (202) 225-5355
Fax: (202) 226-4523

Columbus District Office:

3000 Corporate Exchange Dr. Suite 310
Columbus, Ohio 43231
Phone: (614) 523-2555
Fax: (614) 818-0887

Contact via his senate website: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Steve Austria (7^th District)

Washington D.C. Office:
439 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4324
Fax: (202) 225-1984

Springfield District Office:
5 W. North Street, Suite 200
Springfield, Ohio 45504
Phone: (937) 325-0474
Fax: (937) 325-9188

Lancaster District Office:
207 S. Broad Street
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Phone: (740) 654-5149
Fax: (740) 654-7825

Contact via his senate website: http://austria.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=7§iontree=4,7