GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) - (03/26/14) Years after the real estate market collapse, families are still struggling to pay their mortgage and keep their homes, but there is help available. A group called Metro Community Development is offering free counseling to Genesee County homeowners that are in the foreclosure process or dealing with other financial challenges. ABC12 spoke with a woman who took advantage of that help. Wynn McCree was one step...

Metro Community Development, The Genesee County Tax Assistance & Financial Services Coalition, and Flint CRA Bankers Forum held on the event on January 25, 2014 at Vernon Chapel AME.  The event connects participants with numerous resources to help them achieve financial stability through savings, education, entrepreneurship, how to get up to $35,000 in home improvement grants, and up to $25,000 for homeownership opportunities. Show Me the...

WJRT/ABC12- 01/21/14 While shelters fill up in this cold weather, volunteers are getting ready to find out exactly how many people are homeless in Genesee County. Shelters and volunteers will count homeless people throughout the county and that number means federal funding to help them, help the community. “They did help me here,” said Jacqueline Johnson, who lives at the Shelter of Flint. Without the shelter, Johnson said...

By Sarah Schuch | sschuch@mlive.com on August 25, 2013 at 8:00 AM, updated August 25, 2013 at 8:03 AM FLINT, MI – Whether it’s a sock hop or the thought of donating socks that catches interest, University of Michigan-Flint students are asking for the community’s help. The UM-Flint Social Work Club is asking the community to help collect pairs of socks for those who are homeless in the Flint area. The “Sock it to Us”...

By Jeremy Allen | jallen42@mlive.com on May 10, 2013 at 9:00 AM, updated May 10, 2013 at 9:07 AM FLINT – A Michigan group is calling for a citywide effort to financially back small businesses through an innovative online loan process. Michigan Corps, a platform empowering Michiganders to make a difference at home, is launching Kiva – the world’s first online lending platform which connects lenders to entrepreneurs – in Flint. The purpose...