Organize! Ohio

VISTAs On The Move!

Kameelah Muhammad (Left) greets Chrissie Delvalle (right) as she joins the Organize! Ohio and Ohio Fair Lending team as the new AmeriCorps VISTA.

Check out Shaker Square Alliance Tab for new update on abandoned homes in Larchmere Area!

Ohio Fair Lending Coalition
REPORT FINDS FHA AND VA LENDING DISPROPORTIONATELY PREVALENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF COLOR

Study finds minority homebuyers get fewer conventional loans: Plain Dealing

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Organize!Ohio Mission: A statewide organization working to advance and encourage community organizing as a strategy for progressive change in Ohio.

Next Shaker Square Alliance Meeting: May 29th, 2013 10:00am

Check out the Shaker Square Alliance tab for new information about the Larchmere Blvd. Streetscape Rehabilitation Project

Ohio Fair Lending Counselors Ready to Help!

Martin Gelfand served for 15 years as legislative assistant to Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Mr. Gelfand has expansive knowledge of local and regional issues in northeast Ohio. He served as Mr. Kucinich’s community liaison for HUD, and has worked directly with community organizations and distressed homeowners on housing problems. Mr. Gelfand is currently an elected official in the city of South Euclid. He is a veteran in the United States Navy submarine service and an attorney in good standing in the state of Ohio.

Anthony Stevenson served as the director of Housing Advocates, Inc., a homeownership assistance program, from Nov 1 2001 to Aug 1 2009. His responsibilities included supervising housing counselors, working with individual clients, developing relationships with community organizations, and strategic planning for implementation of HUD grants. Earlier, Mr. Stevenson taught a U.S. army officer basic course where he supervised and trained military personal in Fort Lee Virginia. He is an attorney in good standing in the state of Ohio.

Kirk Stewart worked for eight years as development director of Lutheran
Housing Corporation, now Community Housing Solutions (CHS). Mr. Stewart has extensive knowledge of HUD programs related to housing and community development, such as HOPE III, and experience supervising the HUD certified housing counselor staff at CHS. He is presently an attorney in private practice working with clients, some of whom are in foreclosure or at risk of becoming foreclosure victims.