If this happened to you, you can be counted without being named
The map counts households by state. You choose how visible you are, and you can change your mind at any time.
Three choices. Read all three before you pick; the first is the default and the right one for most people.
Just count me. Your household is a number on the map for your state. No name, no story, no contact from anyone, ever. You are not in a list anybody can be handed. This is the default and it is the right choice for most people, especially anyone still in an active foreclosure.
Count me, and you can reach me. Same as above in public: still just a number. The difference is that this project can contact you, if a reporter is looking for someone in your state, if there is a filing deadline, if something changes with your servicer. You are told what it is and you say yes or no each time. Nobody else gets your contact information.
Put me on the record. You are willing to be named. You choose the name you are named by, and you choose the public link that goes with it, your own post, your fundraiser, your statement. Never an email address, never a phone number. This is the only tier where a name appears anywhere, and it is the one to think hardest about, because it cannot be fully undone once it has been quoted.
You can change your tier at any time, by saying so, in any way you like. You do not have to explain and you will not be asked to. Moving down a tier takes effect on the next update of the site.
What happens to what you tell us: your state becomes a number on a map. Nothing else is published, ever, unless you chose “put me on the record” and told us the name and link to use. It is stored in a private file that does not sync to the website and is not shared with any organisation, agency, lawyer or reporter. You can ask to be removed at any time and you do not have to say why.
To be counted today: email veteransforeclosurecrisis@gmail.com with the word COUNT, your state, and which of the three choices fits you. If you are already in the group chat, saying so there works the same way.
Thinking about the on-record tier? Read how to share your story safely first. If you need answers today, start at Get Help instead; this page is for joining the count.