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Consumer Action creates award-winning free multilingual educational guides on a wide range of personal finance topics and other subjects of interest to consumers. Many publications are available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, as well as English. Each year, we distribute more than a million of our publications through a national network of 8,000 community organizations. Nonprofit and community-based agencies may order these free publications in bulk by clicking here for downloadable order forms or online ordering instructions.

2009

October

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Reverse Mortgages: Are They for You? Cover

Reverse Mortgages: Are They for You?. Older homeowners may be able to borrow against their equity by taking a reverse mortgage. This publication provides an overview of how reverse mortgages work and what you need to look out for when considering a reverse mortgage.

What to know if you rent Cover

What to know if you rent A guide to landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities. This publication provides a general overview of what tenants need to know when renting or leasing an apartment or a home.

September

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Saving Your Home from Foreclosure  (2009) (Vietnamese) Cover

Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2009) (Vietnamese). Tịch thu nhà (foreclosure) là một tiến trình pháp lý chủ nợ nhà của quý vị dùng để lấy nhà của quý vị khi quý vị trễ hạn trả tiền nợ. Nếu quý vị bị tịch thu nhà, quý vị có thể làm một số việc để cứu lại căn nhà của mình – hay ít nhất giảm thiểu sự thiệt hại tài chánh gây ra bởi việc siết nhà – nếu quý vị biết được quyền lựa chọn của mình và có những xúc tiến thích hợp.

Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.

May

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Saving Your Home from Foreclosure  (2009) (Korean) Cover

Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2009) (Korean). 차압은 여러분이 모기지론 패이먼트를 제대로 납부하지 못할 때 여러분의 주택을 융자기관의 소유로 만들기 위한 법적인 절차입니다. 여러분이 어떻게 적절한 조치를 취하는 지를 이해할 경우 차압에 직면했을 때 여러분의 주택 소유를 유지하기 위해 노력하거나 차압에 의한 재정적인 손상을 최소화할 수 있습니다.

Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.

March

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Saving your home from foreclosure (2009) (Chinese) Cover

Saving your home from foreclosure (2009) (Chinese). Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.

03
Cómo proteger su casa de una ejecución hipotecaria (2009) Cover

Cómo proteger su casa de una ejecución hipotecaria (2009). La ejecución hipotecaria es el proceso legal que el prestamista hipotecario utiliza para quitarle su casa cuando usted se atrasa con las cuotas de su préstamo. Si usted corre el riesgo de una ejecución hipotecaria, puede proteger su casa (o por lo menos limitar el daño financiero que causa una ejecución hipotecaria) si entiende sus opciones y sigue los pasos adecuados.

February

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You Can Buy a Home - Class Activities (Spanish) Cover

You Can Buy a Home - Class Activities (Spanish). Este archivo en PDF contiene traducciones en español de las actividades para hacer en clase y los ejercicios para hacer en casa tomados del plan de enseñanza en inglés You Can Buy a Home.

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Successful Homeownership - Class Activities (Spanish) Cover

Successful Homeownership - Class Activities (Spanish). Este archivo en PDF contiene traducciones en español de las actividades para hacer en clase y los ejercicios para hacer en casa tomados del plan de enseñanza en inglés Successful Homeownership.

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Specialty Consumer Reports Cover

Specialty Consumer Reports. In addition to your credit report, there are other types of consumer reports called specialty consumer reports. This publication explains what kinds of specialty reports might exist for you and how you can see and verify the information in them.

05
ID Theft & Account Fraud - Lesson Plan (English) Cover

ID Theft & Account Fraud - Lesson Plan (English). This updated packet provides guidance for teachers and team leaders. The 15-page packet contains a detailed curriculum, classroom activities and take home worksheets. (Note: It is only available as a PDF file.)

 
 

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