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Veterans Foreclosure Crisis

Closing the gap that puts veterans out of their homes

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FOR FAMILIES IN THIS

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.

YOUR CONSENT

You can change your tier, or leave, at any time

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 “count me in, publicly” 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.

THREE CHOICES

Read all three before you pick

Three choices. Read all three before you pick; the first is the default and the right one for most people.

  1. Just count me.

    The default

    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.

  2. Count me, and you can reach me. Keep me private.

    In public you are still only a number on the map. The difference is that we 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.

    This tier also lets us put you in touch with other veteran families near you, if you want that. Nothing about you is published. We ask you first, we ask them first, and either of you can say no without giving a reason. Some of what families need most is not on any government form, and other families in the same state are often the ones who know where to find it.

  3. Count me in, publicly.

    This is for families who want to be part of the work, not only counted by it. It covers congressional meetings and letters, legislation and state-level efforts, press, and community and mutual aid. You do not have to do all of it, or any of it, once you are listed. Saying yes here means you are willing to be asked.

IF YOU CHOOSE THE PUBLIC TIER

You control exactly what appears

Most families list a first name and a state, and nothing else. If you want to be reachable, you choose the route: an email you set up for this, a social account, a fundraiser link, your own post or statement. We never publish a home address, and we never publish a phone number.

Other families and organisers can see this list and reach you through it. That is the point of it. It is how a family in one state finds the family two states over who already fought the same servicer, and how a congressional office finds someone who can speak to what happened.

Thinking about the public tier? Read how to share your story safely first.

ABOUT THE REPORTERS

NPR takes submissions directly, and you do not need us for it

NPR has been investigating this since 2023. Their reporting is what stopped the first round of foreclosures and it is why the rescue program existed at all. They are still working on it, and they still look for families to talk to.

Their page is called Are you a military veteran in a VA loan modification or facing foreclosure? and it has a form on it. It goes to the reporters who have been covering this since 2023. Filling it in does not put you in a story. It tells them you exist.

YOU CAN ALSO ASK US TO PASS YOUR NAME ON

Say so on our form or in your email, and we ask you again before each specific request. We do not hand a reporter a list. You can say no at any point, including after you have said yes, and including partway through. How to share your story safely is worth reading first either way.

TO BE COUNTED TODAY

Two minutes, and you can skip anything

To be counted today, use the intake form. It takes about two minutes. It asks your state, where you are in the process, and how you want to be counted. Skip anything that does not apply to you.

Open the intake form →

If you would rather not use a form, 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.