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.

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.

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.