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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.

Offers Pre-Closing Counseling to assist first-time homebuyers in Schuylkill County. Provides essential guidance to help clients understand the final steps of purchasing a home, ensuring a smooth and informed closing process.

• Receive advice from counselors to help you understand the closing process.
• Learn about the final financial commitments and necessary documentation.
• Be better prepared for what to expect on the closing day.

In partnership with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)

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

Provides individualized training in maintenance, budgeting and upkeep of properties as well as first time home buyer housing 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

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

Offers a variety of free and confidential support services for individuals and families facing an unplanned pregnancy. Services include free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, and consultations to discuss all options like parenting, adoption, or abortion.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Provides medication-supported counseling and recovery programs to assist clients in meeting a specific personal goal.

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

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.

Provides free home buyers counseling and closing cost assistance.

Offers counseling and education programs through approved counseling agencies.

Provides housing counseling services.

Offer assistance to clients who are experiencing difficulty finding or maintaining housing. Provides a range of services and options to assist clients in securing and maintaining safe, affordable housing. Housing services include counseling, subsidized housing for homeless individuals with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses, and assistance applying for housing related benefits and entitlements.

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 about the home buying process, wealth, and asset building. Information about grant programs and affordable mortgage programs given to eligible participants.

Provides one-on-one rental, pre-purchase, and post-purchase counseling, and group workshops covering topics like home insurance, property tax assistance, weatherization, affordable senior housing, home purchase, fair housing, and home maintenance. Also offers a free full course to earn a first-time home buyer certificate.

Offer assistance to clients who are experiencing difficulty finding or maintaining housing. Provides a range of services and options to assist clients in securing and maintaining safe, affordable housing. Housing services include counseling, subsidized housing for homeless individuals with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses, and assistance applying for housing related benefits and entitlements.

Offers a homeownership education program consisting of online courses and one-on-one counseling. This course places an emphasis on financial literacy for first-time homebuyers, particularly in the low to moderate income population.

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.