Esperanza became a HUD National Intermediary in 2009. Since then, we have provided support to a strong and growing network of nonprofit counseling agencies across the country. We are committed to ensuring the success of our affiliate agencies as they serve their local communities with grant assessment, training, sub-awards, and technical assistance. Our national housing network has assisted more than 2 million homeowners for more than a decade.
The Need
Housing Counseling Organizations are needed in our communities. The people around you are in need of pre-purchase advice, credit repair, financial literacy, rental counseling, home repair programs, foreclosure intervention, and protection from the many mortgage and financial scams offered by predators in our neighborhoods. With help from Esperanza we can share the steps on how to begin serving your neighborhood and growing this opportunity.
What it takes
Housing Counseling is a service that is regulated by the federal government through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Like all government services it means there are regulations to follow and reports to file. The process is involved but not impossible.
Participants interested must be a 501(c)3 no profit organization in good standing with your state, must have successfully administered a housing counseling program for at least one year, must have a counselor that has passed the HUD Housing Counselor Certification Exam prior to application submission, must have sufficient resources to implement its proposed counseling plan.
Funding
There are multiple ways in which an organization may be funded through Esperanza. As a part of our network, your organization may qualify for HUD and other available National funds.
Housing Counseling
The American Dream has historically been linked with home ownership. Whether it’s a single-family home with a white picket fence, a ranch, modular home, or a row home in the city, owning where we live personifies success for many. Yet for the vast majority of the people we serve in our communities, owning a home seems far off. For some renting, qualifying to rent or keeping their homes seem to be a frequent challenge with today’s economy.
Join us as a Housing Counseling affiliate and share our values.
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California locations
Able Works (www.able.is)
East Palo Alto Office
1836 Bay Road, Suite B East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Centro Familiar Nueva Esperanza (www.centrofamiliarnuevaesperanza.org)
Simi Valley Office
SIMI VALLEY, CA
Able Works (www.able.is)
Central Valley Office
931 10th St, Suite 412 Modesto, CA 95354
Colorado locations
NEWSED Community Development Corporation (https://newsed.org/)
1001 Santa Fe Dr. Denver, CO 80204
Florida locations
GATEWAY TO HOUSING (www.gatewaytohousing.org)
160 Congress Park Dr Ste 116 Delray Beach, Florida 33445-4724
Housing Foundation of America (www.homeapproved.org)
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Georgia locations
MORNINGSTAR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, INC. (https://morningstarurbandevelopment.org)
2501 Lantrac Ct Decatur, Georgia 30035-4006
Illinois locations
GREATER SOUTHWEST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (www.greatersouthwest.org)
6155 S Pulaski Rd, 2nd floor Chicago, Illinois 60629-4641
Michigan locations
DETROIT HISPANIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (http://www.dhdc1.org/)
1211 Trumbull St Detroit, Michigan 48216-1940
The Family Tree (http://www.thefamilytreeagency.org/)
615 Griswold, Suite 1709, Detroit, Michigan 48226
New York locations
HOUSING AND FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER NEW YORK, INC (www.brooklynhousing.org)
415 Albemarle Rd Brooklyn, New York 11218-2351
STRYCKER’S BAY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, INC. (https://hcr.ny.gov/location/stryckers-bay-neighborhood-council-inc )
New York, New York
HOUSING FOR HELP (www.housingforhelpinc.org)
Greenlawn, New York
Pennsylvania locations
ESPERANZA (www.esperanza.us)
4261 N 5th St Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140-2615
INTEGRA HOME COUNSELING, INC. (www.integrapa.org)
3110 Route 611 Tannersville, Pennsylvania 18372-8054
Texas locations
OUR CASAS RESIDENT COUNCIL, INC. (ourcasas.org)
2300 W Commerce St Ste 218 San Antonio, Texas 78207-3855