Home ownership brings both rights and responsibilities. Home maintenance can be costly. Tenants and landlords don’t always see eye-to-eye. A financial crisis could bring a family to the brink of foreclosure or eviction and maybe even homelessness.

City-funded housing counseling agencies can help. Housing counselors can help prepare people to buy a home. They assist tenants fighting eviction. They help homeowners facing foreclosure. And they can help address specific issues facing seniors and people with disabilities. Download an English or Spanish flyer with a current list of DHCD-funded Housing Counseling Agencies.

Trained housing counselors offer free group and individual counseling on:

• Mortgage and tax foreclosure prevention.
• Credit repair and maintenance.
• Budgeting and money management.
• Rights and responsibilities of homeowners.
• Mortgage application and purchase process.
• Tenant/landlord issues.
• Home repair.
• Fair housing rights.

Housing counseling agencies are marked with a yellow dot in the map below. Click on the dot to find out what services each agency offers. Enter your address in the search box to find a housing counseling agency near you.