Under the Biden-Harris Administration, HUD has been committed to broadening affordable avenues to homeownership for millions of families. HUD is taking actions to expand housing counseling options to ensure families have access to quality, affordable homes. 🏠
1️⃣ Today, HUD appointed 11 key leaders to its Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee, helping shape the direction of its Housing Counseling Program and providing guidance on how to better serve prospective buyers, homeowners, and renters with their housing needs: https://lnkd.in/e5CGduy4
2️⃣ In September, HUD awarded $48 million to increase access to housing counseling services and strengthen the nation’s housing counseling workforce: https://lnkd.in/gCYRDizw
3️⃣ As part of the ongoing “Let’s Make Home the Goal” campaign, HUD launched a new partnership with Zillow to raise awareness of pre-purchase housing counseling designed to reach communities of color and break down systemic barriers to homeownership: https://lnkd.in/eihVR7tg
4️⃣ HUD also modernized a rule which will allow HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to use virtual methods to broaden access and reach even more people seeking assistance: https://lnkd.in/eihVR7tg
5️⃣ Earlier this year, HUD updated the Housing Counseling Program Handbook, which is now available in multiple languages to support the diverse communities HUD serves: https://lnkd.in/er9PNeuD
HUD’s housing counseling tools are used by more than 3,000 people on average each day. To locate a HUD-approved housing counseling agency nationwide, please visit www.hud.gov/findacounselor.