President and CEO of Beyond Housing – Chris Krehmeyer – talks about what the American Dream means to him, and how he has seen it change ove the course of his life. Chris has a regular blog, which you can find by clicking here and regularly posts to his twitter account www.twitter.com/chriskbeyond. I was born on the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Treasury Department and HUD have partnered to launch a new website www.makinghomeaffordable.gov for individuals to find out if they are eligible for the President’s new foreclosure mitigation plan. To find out more about the plan visit the website and watch the video below of Chris Krehmeyer of Beyond Housing who is one of our community partners [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 18, 2009
As we continue our Community Voices series, we gave one of our partners, Beyond Housing, a Flip video camera so they could record their responses to President Obama’s new home foreclosure plan. Chris Krehmeyer, President and CEO of Beyond Housing, and Linda Ingram, Director of Foreclosure Prevention Services at Beyond Housing, both talk about the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 5, 2009
Chris Krehmeyer – President and CEO of Beyond Housing - wrote an editorial that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch yesterday about what is needed for us to get through these tough economic times. He argues that – in addition to empathy – that we need courage, commitment, and action to pull through these tough economic [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, KETC/Channel 9 broadcast “Facing the Financial Crisis” to help the community learn more about how to deal with the current economic climate. This is a summary of the broadcast town hall meeting, which Ruth Ezell hosted, where community specialists answered specific questions on the financial crisis. The panel consisted of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tune into Channel 9 TONIGHT or watch the live-stream of Facing the Financial Crisis at 7:00pm CST. Channel 9 producer Ruth Ezell and a panel of experts discuss the impact of the national financial crisis in our area and answer questions from the audience. A team of counselors and advisors from area nonprofit organizations will be on [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 8, 2008
Below is a letter-to-the-editor written by Chris Krehmeyer – CEO of Beyond Housing - published in the December 4 edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In the letter Krehmeyer provides context to the current economic crisis by emphasizing that individuals and families are in need of government support, which has yet to materialize. Another day, another [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
As a way to illustrate the community-wide effort that has taken place with Facing the Mortgage Crisis we have created the following 3-minute video. We have been working with 26 community partners in order to connect people to resources and raise awareness of the impact of the mortgage crisis on the St. Louis region. At [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 1, 2008
By Mary Delach Leonard, St. Louis Beacon staff The real effect of Tuesday’s announcement that the Federal Reserve would buy up to $600 billion in mortgages and mortgage-backed securities is not yet clear for troubled homeowners facing foreclosure, say two local nonprofit housing counselors. “It could be a breakthrough for homeowners. Right now, loans residing in investor-owned [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 6, 2008
November 6, 2008 In this article the Washington Post explores the FDIC’s new model to work out loan modifications for troubles homeowners on a large scale. Earlier today I spoke with one of our community partners, Chris Krehmeyer, President and CEO of Beyond Housing. I asked him to provide a little bit of context to the [...]
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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