ACORN - Who we are:

National non-profit ACORN Housing has been providing free housing counseling to low and moderate income homebuyers since 1987. We have opened HUD-certified, Fannie Mae-approved housing counseling offices across the US, helping over 50,000 families to achieve homeownership.

ACORN Housing provides one-on-one mortgage loan counseling, first-time homebuyer classes, and helps clients obtain affordable mortgages through our unique lending partnerships.

We look at your savings and credit history to see if you qualify for a mortgage. We can help you with credit problems and to create a downpayment savings plan.

When you qualify, we can help arrange a mortgage with lower interest rates, lower down payments and lower settlement costs than what banks usually offer




"ACORN Housing thanked Charmaine Brown, Senior Business Manager in Fannie Mae's Office of Corporate Giving by honoring her with its "Affordable Housing Warrior" Award at the ACORN Housing's 2007 mid-year managers meeting at the Cenacle Conference Center in Chicago Illinois. With Fannie Mae's assistance, ACORN Housing is able to achieve many of its business objectives aimed at providing low- and moderate-income families with homes. During the award presentation, Charmaine Brown thanked ACORN Housing for its excellent work. ACORN Housing is currently partnering with Fannie Mae to expand its nationwide housing counseling operation and foreclosure prevention center, to create a non-profit mortgage broker, and to develop affordable housing for residents that were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Pictured with Ms. Brown (in the center with the plaque) are ACORN housing's office directors, regional managers, and senior management staff." (c)