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Monday, May 24, 2010

Nuestra Communidad Volunteer Student Internship Position


Nuestra Communidad, a Roxbury community development corporation, is seeking volunteer interns for the summer of 2010. Supervised by a team of experienced Housing Counselors, Interns provide foreclosure prevention counseling and advocacy to low and moderate income homeowners at risk or in the process of losing their homes. Nuestra’s services includes preparing a client’s case for presentation to the lenders and negotiates on the client’s behalf to secure relief on their mortgage agreements. Nuestra helps clients obtain mortgage modifications, short sales, forbearance agreements and other appropriate solutions.


Depending on experience and need Interns will:
1) Meet with customers and prepare loan restructure cases to send to servicers. This includes gathering documents, developing budgets, and writing hardship letters describing the client’s case.
2) Work and negotiate with mortgage lenders and brokers, loan servicers, and real estate agents.
3) Stay current on issues relevant to the mortgage lending, changes in foreclosure laws, and the availability of resources and special programs in the city of Boston and in neighboring jurisdictions.
4) Research activities in the real estate and lending markets that may be helpful for NOAH’s clients.
5) Participate in policy recommendations.
6) Maintain and monitor clients’ files and database.
7) Write reports and correspondence as needed.
8) Assist counselors in conducting homeownership post-purchase and foreclosure prevention educational presentations to community organizations.

Nuestra provides interns with training, in partnership with NOAH, Boston Federal Reserve Bank, Division of Banks, Neighbor works and Mass Housing.

For more information about the position and how to apply, log into the JobNet portion of Simplicity.