Our Mission:
To create organized leadership around issues impacting neighborhood life. Community residents are at the forefront of all organizing efforts, as they are in the best position to create and implement change. To read more about ESOP, click this orange box:
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SAVE THE DATE! - Thursday, October 14th, 6-8pm ESOP'S 2010 ANNUAL GALA: "Courage Action Community"It's time again for ESOP to celebrate another year of saving family homes and beginning new organizing campaigns aimed to improve neighborhood life in our communities. This year ESOP is hosting simultaneous banquets in three cities across Ohio: Cleveland at Crowne Plaza City Centre Toledo at Ramada Inn on Secor Mansfield at Mid-Ohio Conference Center All are invited to attend one of these locations, but advance reservations are required. For more information and tickets, please visit our dedicated 2010 Gala Website.
COLUMBIANA & STARK COUNTIES: WEEKLY APPOINTMENTS NOW IN COLUMBIANA Convenient appointments for ESOP's free services are now in Columbiana County! ESOP's Stark County staff holds homeowner appointments every Monday in neighboring Columbiana at the Family & Community Resource Center in Lisbon, OH. Call Cindy at the Resource Center (FCRC Link) at 330-420-0044 to schedule a Monday appointment in Columbiana, or call ESOP in Massillon at 330-775-1035 for appointments in Stark.
TRUMBULL, ASHTABULA & MAHONING COUNTIES: NEW BI-WEEKLY APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE IN ASHTABULA ESOP is partnering with Legal Aid in Jefferson to provide local homeowners with another convenient location to receive free, face-to-face services from a foreclosure prevention counselor. Approintments in Ashtabula County will be the 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month from 10:00am-4:30pm. To schedule an appointment in either Ashtabula or Trumbull counties, please call Mary Ann or Courtney at ESOP in Warren at 330-469-5426.
MUSKINGUM, LICKING & PERRY COUNTIES: ESOP's Muskingum County staff holds weekly appointments for homeowners in its Zanesville office. The staff also travels to neighboring counties every two weeks to provide convenient in-person appointments for homeowners in nearby Licking and Perry. To learn more about ESOP's free services or to schedule an appointment in Muskingum, Licking or Perry counties, please call 740-617-4228.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY: ESOP OFFERS DAILY APPOINTMENTS IN CLEVELAND, WEEKLY APPOINTMENTS IN SO. EUCLID, BEDFORD HTS & GARFIELD HTS Daily appointments for homeowners are available in Cleveland at the main office on Perkins or at the Westside Housing Center in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. Convenient weekly appointments in suburban communities are also available: Monday mornings: South Euclid Wednesday evenings: Bedford Heights Thursday afternoons: Garfield Heights Call 216-361-0718 for more information or to schedule free services.
PROBLEMS WITH NACA? ESOP is reaching out to homeowners who've had difficulty with NACA (Neighborhood Assitance Corporation of America). Did NACA drop the ball on your case & leave you twisting in the wind? Did they make promises they didn't fulfill? Did they loose your paperwork or were impossible to reach? Learn how ESOP can help. For more information please call Scott Rose at 216-361-0718.
NEED SPANISH SPEAKING SERVICES? ¿NECESITA SERVICIO EN ESPAÑOL? ESOP has Spanish bilingual counselors in both Cleveland offices. Homeowners outside the Cuyahoga calling area who need Spanish-speaking services can call us toll-free at: 877-731-ESOP (3767). ESOP tiene consejeras que hablan Español en sus Officinas que estan localizadas en Cleveland. Los propietarios de vivienda fuera de Cuyahoga que necesiten servicios en Español, favor de llamar al número gratuito: 877-731-ESOP (3767).
DON'T BECOME A VICTIM OF MORTGAGE SCAMS! Homeowners beware! Fraudulent rescue scammers are trying to get your money. They pretend to be from government agencies or legitimate companies and promise to help refinance or modify your mortgage through the Presiden'ts Making Home Affordable program. Homeowners never have to pay to participate in the program. DO NOT PAY MONEY TO ANYONE! FREE HELP IS AVAILABLE FROM ESOP.
ESOP RECOGNIZED WITH AWARDS Last year, ESOP was honored with two prestigious awards. The Oberlin Research Group presented ESOP leadership with its 2009 Most Innovative Business Practices Award in May. The award recognizes ESOP for having a board of directors that includes former recipients of its services, which ensures a foundational grassroots connection to those ESOP serves.
In June, ESOP was honored by OHFA (Ohio Housing & Finance Agency) who selected ESOP from among Ohio's HUD-certified housing counseling agencies, to receive the Sustainable Homeownership Excellence Award. ESOP is the state leader in foreclosure prevention and saved homes. Read OHFA's announcement See photo
ESOP in the News
- On NPR Radio: No Let-Up in Ohio Foreclosures (audio link included)
- NPR Morning Edition: Judge May Hold Investors Responsible for Blight
- Saving Her Streets, Rescuing Her Neighborhood
- Ohio News Network: Cleveland -- Fines could be issue for home neglect (video link included)
- WKYC-TV: Cleveland -- Frustrated homeowners say NACA mortgage help never came (video link included)
- Local housing counselors say they are helping homeowners left in the wake of NACA's Save the Dream tour
- Plain Dealer editorial: State Senate should foreclose its recess to help struggling Ohioans
- Wall Street Journal: Grave Errors as Undead Rework Loans