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The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), which administers the Homeowner's HOPE Hotline (1-888-995-HOPE) to provide free, financial education and confidential foreclosure prevention counseling, has named Bruce Gottschall to its board of directors. Gottschall is one of the original founders of Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Chicago. Under his leadership, NHS of Chicago partnered with the city to establish the Home Ownership Preservation Initiative to prevent foreclosures.

Fannie Mae has opened a mortgage help center in the Windy City in order to provide counseling and other services for struggling homeowners in the greater metro area with loans owned by the GSE. The new center in Chicago is the second facility and third announced partnership in Fannie Mae's planned series of mortgage help centers across the country. The GSE said it partnered on this initiative with Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, major mortgage servicers, and civic and community leaders from across the region.