Expanded CreditSmart curriculum to help preserve the dream of homeownership

Reaching out to consumers in your community? Consider Freddie Mac's newly enhanced CreditSmart®, a multilingual financial education curriculum and consumer outreach initiative. CreditSmart is designed to help consumers:

• Build and maintain better credit
• Make sound financial decisions
• Understand the steps to successful long-term homeownership
• Adopt life-long money management skills and avoid costly mistakes

CreditSmart is more comprehensive than ever before

We recently enhanced the CreditSmart and CreditSmart Español curricula, adding a 12th module entitled, "Preserving Homeownership: Protecting Your Home Investment." This new module contains a wealth of information on:

• Alternatives to foreclosure
• Understanding home equity
• Maintaining and improving your home
• Preparing for emergencies
• Avoiding financial traps

With the latest additions and improvements to the CreditSmart curriculum, homeowners gain a greater understanding of the importance of maintaining good credit and how to navigate the path to sustainable homeownership.

Look for "Preserving Homeownership: Protecting Your Home Investment" in "Your Credit, Your Home, and Your Future" [PDF 712K] and "Su crédito, su casa y su futuro,“ [PDF 1.1M] abridged versions of the curriculum.

For more information

• Visit our CreditSmart web page
• Learn more about CreditSmart Español, or CreditSmart Asian (available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese)
• Call your Freddie Mac representative