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Serves one-time emergency needs such as nutritional assistance, emergency shelter, first month rental assistance, rent in arrears assistance, mortgage assistance, and utilities in arrears assistance.

Works in partnership with volunteers, donors, and the entire Chester County community to build simple, decent, affordable homes for low-income families. Habitat homes are not free; currently, we offer two different homeownership opportunities that each require applicants to help build their homes.

Works with potential homebuyers to provide the resources they need to decide whether homeownership is the right choice for them. Also helps homebuyers with grant opportunities, particularly for first-time homebuyers and help with downpayment and closing costs.

Offers a financial education program that supports the opportunity for affordable home ownership in the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Garfield and East Liberty. Participants are supported through the process of credit building, goal setting, budgeting with potential opportunities to purchase an affordable home. The program also includes education on how to maintain and sustain a property once it has been purchased. Using a predominantly volunteer workforce, Open Hand Ministries also purchases and renovates properties for those low-medium income families who qualify.

Provides foreclosure prevention services for homeowners in danger of losing their homes. Also provides credit counseling and pre-purchase services to those interested in purchasing a home.

Helps local families overcome debt, improve credit, budget wisely and build assets for the future, as well as helping them maintain stable housing.

Provides free classes and individual counseling. Monthly classes focus on topics such as understanding credit, credit repair, money management, saving plans, grant programs, and understanding the home buying process including selecting a realtor and finding the best mortgage.

Works with potential homebuyers to provide the resources they need to decide whether homeownership is the right choice for them. Also helps homebuyers with grant opportunities, particularly for first-time homebuyers and help with downpayment and closing costs.

Provides case management, HIV testing, prevention education, supportive housing, HIV treatment as prevention and volunteer services.

Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

Provides homeownership and credit counseling, post purchase counseling, homebuyer education, and down payment and closing cost assistance loans for first-time homebuyers.

Provides counseling to first time home buyers and low income housing.

Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

Assists first-time homebuyers in attaining their goal of home ownership by providing financial assistance for the purchase and rehabilitation of eligible housing units.

Offers a pre-purchase program for first-time homebuyers. Provides monthly homebuyer education workshops and one-on-one counseling to address the specific needs and challenges that prospective buyers may encounter.

Helps local families overcome debt, improve credit, budget wisely and build assets for the future, as well as helping them maintain stable housing.

Provides education on predatory lending practices, One on One counseling (lasts 2 hours), First Time Homebuyer Workshops (six hour class), local experts present on relevant topics.

Provides counseling to first time home buyers. Certified Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Counseling Agency.

Provides housing stabilization services including credit and budget counseling; foreclosure prevention counseling; eviction prevention through payment assistance when funds are available and landlord-tenant mediation; and first-time home buyers education and counseling.

Provides OHCD (Office of Housing and Community Development) approved housing counseling.

Offers housing rehabilitation assistance for low/moderate income owner-occupied households throughout the City of Erie. Lead Hazard Control program to mitigate hazards associated with lead-based paints is available for income-qualified households throughout Erie County (both owner-occupied and rental properties).

Provides a mortgage assistance program which reviews your current financial situation and can help to prevent foreclosure.

Provides credit, budget, and housing counseling. Assists with tenant/landlord problems and fair housing problems.

Provides counseling through information, referrals, and advocacy for individuals and families with a variety of housing assistance, issues, questions, or concerns.

Remote sessions take about 90 minutes to complete while the traditional face-to-face sessions can take over 2-3 hours. Counselors are certified by PHFA and NeighborWorks. Participants needs to have a Smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer and a device that has a web camera so that the counselor can clearly see you during the session.