The document announces a 30-minute PBS special airing in January across Texas about loan modification and foreclosure scams. The special will feature an expert panel discussing the warning signs of scams and how victims are approached, including an interview with a family who lost money and their home to a scam. The moderator is a consumer reporter who will lead conversations with representatives from the FTC, a housing counseling agency, and an organization working to prevent loan modification scams. The special aims to educate homeowners facing foreclosure about available free services to assist them.

1. Loan Modification and Foreclosure Scam Alert
TV Special to air across Texas
Texas PBS in cooperation with the Texas
Foreclosure Prevention Task Force and
NeighborWorks® America will air a 30-minute
special in January on scams surrounding
foreclosure prevention and loan modification.
Scam artists across the country are preying
on homeowners who are facing foreclosure,
promising to modify loans and guaranteeing
to save a home from foreclosure. They
charge fees up front and then disappear.
Many victims lose money and their homes.
The PBS special will feature an expert panel
discussion on the warning signs of a scam, how people are approached, including an interview
with a family who was victimized by a scam.
The moderator of the show is Purva Patel, a consumer reporter with The Houston Chronicle. She
has written extensively about mortgage issues. Patel leads a conversation of the following
experts:
· Deanya Kueckelhan, Regional Director of the Federal Trade Commission. Deanya is an
attorney involved in prosecuting loan modification and foreclosure rescue scams.
· Joyce McDonald, Executive Director of Austin-based Frameworks Community
Development Corporation. Frameworks is a HUD-approved housing counseling agency.
They offer homebuyer education, financial literacy and foreclosure mitigation services at
no cost to their clients.
· Yolanda McGill, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. McGill works as the
senior counsel for the groups Fair Housing and Fair Lending Project. A large portion of

2. her work involves preventing loan modification scams and serving as a clearinghouse for
information from around the country.
The show will air in the following markets on the following dates:
· Amarillo (KACV): Monday, January 24 at 9:30 pm
· Austin (KLRU): Thursday, January 6 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, January 9 at 3 pm
· College Station (KAMU): Sunday, January 9 at 4 pm
· Corpus Christi (KEDT): Thursday, January 6 at 7 pm and Monday, January 10 at 11:30 pm
· Dallas/Fort Worth (KERA): Monday, January 10 at 10 pm
· El Paso (KCOS): Sunday, January 9 at 10 pm
· Harlingen (KMBH): Thursday, January 6 at 7 pm
· Houston (KUHT): Sunday, January 9 at 4 pm
· Lubbock (KTXT): Thursday, January 6 at 7 pm
· Killeen/Waco (KNCT): Thursday, January 6 at 7:30 pm
· Midland/Odessa (KPBT): TBD
· San Antonio (KLRN): Thursday, January 6 at 9 pm
The special is made possible by a grant from NeighborWorks® America to the Texas Foreclosure
Prevention Task Force and Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.
For more information on loan scams and how to report this illegal activity, please call 1-888-995-
HOPE or visit www.LoanScamAlert.org. These sources can also connect you to HUD-approved
housing counseling agencies that are available to assist homeowners with FREE foreclosure
prevention services.
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About the Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force
The Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force is a statewide initiative that works to
inform at-risk borrowers of the options available to them, link them with local housing
counseling services, and increase the capacity of these local counseling organizations.
Facilitated by NeighborWorks® America, the Task Force is comprised
of representatives from over 90 organizations representing state, local,
and federal government organizations, the financialal industry, and the

3. nonprofit sector working
together toward a common goal- avert home mortgage foreclosures and the impact of foreclosure on Texas
families and communities. The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation serves as a participating
member and the fiscal sponsor for the Texas Foreclosure Prevention Task Force.
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About the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation:
The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation (TSAHC) is a non-profit organization created by the Texas
Legislature. TSAHC facilitates the creation of affordable housing through programs aimed to serve Texans who do not
have comparable options through conventional financial channels. All TSAHC programs are offered statewide, with
special attention given to rural areas and other underserved populations. www.tsahc.org