I don't know how many of my readers read the Real Estate section of the Sunday Milwaukee Journal. Hence, this blog to alert everyone to this article that appeared just this past Sunday. The article is titled Workshop planned in West Allis and it's geared toward homeowners who may be having trouble making their mortgage payments or their property taxes. Foreclosures here in West Allis do exist and people are struggling with rising house payments, property taxes and, in many cases, smaller incomes.

This Saturday at 10 am at the West Allis Public Library, 7241 W. National Ave there's going to be a FREE Homeowners Consumer Alert Session to help homeowners in trouble. There will be helpful presentations and warnings about the so-called "rescuers" who are out there only to fill their pockets along with some in-person help from the Metropolitan Fair Housing Council, the Office of the Milwaukee County Treasurer and the Univ. of WI Extension Office.

Dan Diliberti, the Milwaukee County Treasurer, is hoping that this Alert Session can also help homeowners who are in arrears with their property taxes to make some arrangements for payment. People in this situation may also be in some other kind of financial trouble.

There are two hotlines available with this information. Call the STOPP Hotline from Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing at (414) 278-9190 or the Homeownership Preservation Hotline at (414) 995-4673. If you want to read the original article it was located on the lower left front page of the Real Estate section of the February 10th issue of the The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal.