The Saint Paul Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program is administered by the City's Planning and Economic Development Department and is a HUD certified counseling agency.

For Saint Paul homeowners facing foreclosure, housing counselors will:

In addition to the Mortgage Foreclosure Program, the Saint Paul Home Loan Fund provides affordable financing for first-time homebuyers including:

For more information call (651) 266-6712.

Mayor Chris Coleman launched Invest Saint Paul as a key initiative to bring city services and members of the community together to address specific challenges facing neighborhoods. It's the City's version of a full-court press, in which local government teams up with a variety of partners to direct existing resources and energy toward a set of neighborhood goals in a focused and strategic way.

The City of Saint Paul has a vacant building program to address the issues surrounding vacant and unoccupied structures, which have increased as a result of foreclosures. For more information, please call the Division of Code Enforcement at (651) 266-8989.

City staff, together with neighborhood organizations and developers, are working to revitalize housing in areas hardest hit by foreclosures.

City staff is actively working with state and federal officials on changes in legislation to prevent foreclosures.