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Housing Opportunities, Inc. - Housing Counseling

Provides housing counseling services. Helps homeowners whose mortgage delinquency is due to involuntary unemployment, under-employment, or medical reasons. Also helps those who are looking to become homeowners with monthly workshops, financial counseling, and closing cost assistance grants.

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Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania - First Time Homebuyer Program

Offers home buying counseling to help people meet the necessary qualifications to achieve homeownership for the first time. Serving as the bridge between the lender and the client by translating complex mortgage terminology into client-friendly language.

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Blair County Community Action Program - Housing Counseling Program

Provides assistance for people who want to purchase a home by offering information and advice about affordable housing that meets their needs, solving potential credit problems, etc.

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Community Action Lehigh Valley - Housing Counseling Program

- Home Ownership Counseling Program: Provides seminars for first-time homebuyers. Certificate presented at completion. Seminars held 7 times per year. Offered in person and virtually. Check website for schedule. Also offers pre-purchase counseling and pre-settlement counseling. Call or check website for more information regarding these services. - Mortgage Foreclosure Counseling Services: Provides loss mitigation counseling services. Provides assistance completing Homeowners' Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) application. Court Diversion Program available in Lehigh County and Northampton County. Call or check website for more information regarding these services. - Bethlehem Homebuyer Assistance Program (BHAP): Administers down payment and closing cost program for the City of Bethlehem for first-time homebuyers who meet eligibility requirements. Call for more information regarding this program.

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Schuylkill Community Action - Financial Education & Support Services

Provides personalized financial education and coaching to help individuals achieve stability and confidence in managing their money. Services Include: - Budgeting Guidance: Learn practical strategies to manage income, track expenses, and set realistic financial goals. - Credit Education & Repair Assistance: Receive help understanding credit reports, disputing inaccuracies, and improving your credit score. - Identity Theft Awareness: Understand risks and protective measures for yourself and your family. - Youth Financial Education: Engage children with interactive lessons that introduce basic money management concepts. - Financial Support for Housing: Guidance on budgeting for rent, utilities, or mortgage payments when applicable. Sessions are available in-person or via Zoom.

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Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance - Housing Counseling

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.

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Fayette County Community Action Agency - Home Purchase Counseling

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

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Luzerne County Government - Community Development

The Community Development office has three programs to assist homeowners. * Emergency Home Rehabilitation Program provides assistance to eligible homeowners in situations that create unexpected and immediate danger to the health and well being of the occupants of the home. The Growing Homeowner's Initiative is a matched savings and education initiative to help individuals and families turn the dream of purchasing a home into a reality. The Luzerne County Homeownership Program is to create affordable home buyer opportunities for low to moderate income persons.

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Tenfold - Homebuyer Counseling

Homebuyer Counseling can help: - Understand the home-buying process, lender requirements and mortgage loan products - Assess readiness to buy a home, including a credit and budget review - Develop a personal homebuyers plan, with periodic progress review - Review and prepare for closing-understand the terms and process Counselors are NeighborWorks Center for Homeownership Educational and Counseling (NCHEC) certified

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Habitat For Humanity - Home Rehabilitation Services

Builds, rehabilitates houses, and sells them. Provides training in home ownership skills. Seeks volunteers for construction, community service, and our ReStore.

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Clarifi - Financial Counseling

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

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Northwest Counseling Service - Real Estate and Housing Counseling

Provides real estate and housing counseling services. Offers advice and services in the areas of pre and post purchase, pre and post rental, mortgage default/ delinquency/ foreclosure, anti-predatory lending, rental default, reverse mortgage counseling/ certification, and housing consumer education.

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Indiana County Community Action Program - Housing Counseling

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

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Hedwig House - HOPE Academy

Provides classes, individual practitioner meetings, and community exploration related to meet a client's recovery goal (a commitment of 5 hours per week). Class sizes are limited to allow for focused work among participants.

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Franklin County Housing Authority - Family Self Sufficiency and Home Ownership Program

Encourages and assists families to become self-sufficient. Participants are assigned a coordinator to help them set and reach goals related to becoming self-sufficient, such as receiving more education, job training, help with childcare, a career, home ownership, and any other goals they may have. Offers a financial incentive to families through an escrow account (see Helpful Tips for more information).

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Community Action Agency of Delaware County - Home Ownership Program

Allows low and middle-income persons to buy a home of their own. CAADC first buys and renovates the home. All homes in the program are completely rehabilitated and meet or exceed local codes. In most cases, the homes have all new plumbing, heating and electrical systems as well as new kitchens, baths, flooring, windows and more.

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Center for Family Services - Homebuyer's Education

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.

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Philadelphia Housing Authority - Housing Counseling Services

Assists residents who are preparing for homeownership by providing extensive Housing Counseling Services. Housing Counseling Services offer participants training and Pre-Purchase Counseling including Needs Assessment /Action Plans, Credit Counseling and Financial Education. Prospective homeowners should also consider signing up for PHA's Financial Literacy Improvement Program.

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Cumberland County Housing and Redevelopment Authorities - Home Buyer Workshops

Provides homeownership workshop opportunities.

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Pennsylvania Interfaith Community Programs, Adams County Housing Authority, Turning Point Interfaith Mission - Home Ownership

Offers homeownership counseling, which is often mandated by banks and lenders. Assists with applying for low-interest loans through USDA.

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Clarifi - Financial Counseling

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

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Threshold Housing Development - Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Provides affordable housing for low income families. Also links residents to community action agencies for housing counseling.

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Chester Community Improvement Project - Pre-Purchase Mortgage Counseling

Provides pre-purchase mortgage counseling to first time low to moderate-income individuals interested in purchasing a property in the City of Chester or Delaware County. Prepares applicants to secure appropriate mortgage financing and assume the responsibilities associated with home ownership.

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Westmoreland Community Action - Housing Counseling and Money Management Center

Offers training and resources designed to support families and individuals who are interested in purchasing their very own home. The Housing Counseling & Money Management Center provides free housing counseling services to all Westmoreland County residents who have housing needs or problems that are potentially resolvable through home buyer education and/or pre-purchase counseling. Services offered include: A) Pre-closing class B) Pre-Purchase Counseling C) Homebuyer Education D) Credit Enhancement

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