Housing Counseling Professionals

To find a housing counseling agency near you please call 800-569-4287 (202-708-1455 TTY) or search online.

Resources

Policy Guidance

• Program guidance on lender funded counseling agreements
• OHC disaster operations standard operations procedure

Tribal Consultation on the Final Rule for Housing Counseling Certification

• July 27, 2023: Housing counseling tribal consultation presentation (video)
• Tribal leader letter: Final virtual tribal consultation for certification of tribal housing counselors (July 3, 2023)
• Information on the housing counseling tribal consultation process
• Tribal leader letter (December 18, 2020)
• Housing counseling tribal consultation feedback

Grants

HUD awarded Fiscal Year 2022 housing counseling and training grants to provide vital housing counseling services and ongoing support for professional devolvement for the nation’s housing counselors.

• FY2023 FAQs Homeownership Initiative NOFO
  • ​FY2023 Homeownership Initiative NOFO Training Transcript
  • FY2023 Homeownership Initiative NOFO Training Slides 
  • FY2023 Homeownership Initiative NOFO Webinar (March 13, 2024)
  • FY23 Comprehensive Housing Counseling Grant Awards
• FY2023 Comprehensive Housing Counseling NOFO Application archived webinar (1/17/24)
  • FY2023 Comprehensive Housing Counseling NOFO Application webinar transcript (1/17/24)
  • FY2023 Comprehensive Housing Counseling NOFO Application webinar slide deck (1/17/24)
• FY2022 Round 1 Comprehensive Housing Counseling (CHC) and training awards
• FY2022 Round 2 Supplemental CHC awards
• FY2022 Supplemental CHC grant awards package archived webinar (6/27/23)
• FY2022 Supplemental CHC grant award package webinar slide deck (6/27/23)
• FY2024 Comprehensive Housing Counseling and Training Grant Awards

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• FY2021 Comprehensive housing counseling grant NOFO
• FY2022 Supplemental comprehensive housing counseling grant NOFO
• Housing Counseling Handbook 7610.1 REV-6 09/08/23 FAQS
• FY2023 Comprehensive housing counseling grant NOFO FAQS

Archived Webinar Trainings

• FY 2023 Comprehensive Grant Award Package Training
  • Recording May 23, 2024
  • Slides 
  • Transcript
• Prepare for Disasters from a Proactive Lens
  • Recording May 21, 2024
  • Slides
  • Transcript
• Grant Financial Management Refresher Training
  •  Recording April 23, 2024
  •  Slides
  •  Transcript 
• HECM 101: The Future of HECM
  • Recordings January 23, 2024
  • Slides
•  9902 Reporting
  • Recording March 14, 2024
  • ​9902 Training Slides
  • ​9902 Training Transcripts

Letters and Announcements

• February 07, 2023: Welcome to housing counseling today

Technology

• ARM V6 Interface control document 05/22

​Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC)

• HCFAC member biographies, meeting minutes, notices and videos