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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

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.

Provides homebuyer pre-screening, along with a series of intensive workshops to instruct consumers in all aspects of purchasing a home and being a successful homeowner.

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.

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

Coordinates the housing counseling services of three organizations: Concilio, Esperanza and the Norris Square Civic Association - These services are delivered to homeowners, potential homeowners and renters. Counselors identify predatory loans and assist homeowners to obtain good loan products for home repairs. Renters receive tenant rights and rental delinquency services. All clients receive Housing Consumer Education, including budget and credit counseling.

Offers pre-purchase counseling sessions to assist prospective buyers to understand the mortgage process; foreclosure prevention counseling helps current homeowners to avoid foreclosure when possible. Also provides information about reverse mortgages in special sessions. All counselors are HUD-certified.

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

Provides information on tenant and landlord disputes. Offers first time homeowner classes and credit counseling.

Offers counseling and education programs through approved counseling agencies.

Offers a 6-week long program of virtual classes that provides meaningful guidance and feedback on smart financial repair, growth and success. The focus of the first 3 weeks is financial literacy training, and the second 3 weeks focuses on preparing for home purchase. Offered spring, fall, and winter every year. Provides individualized support through trained Volunteer Financial Coaches.

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.

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.

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 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.

Offers a range of programs to ensure that consumers have access to housing and understand their rights under fair housing laws. Services include counseling on the rights protected under fair housing laws, information on how to recognize and report violations, information on legal options and assistance with the legal process, random testing to ensure regional compliance with fair housing laws, technical assistance, and comprehensive education programs.

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

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 A HUD and PHFA-certified housing counseling program to assist low and moderate income families achieve home ownership in Butler County. Offers monthly classes pertaining to home buyer education, foreclosure prevention, and mortgage assistance.

Provides homeownership education and individual counseling to families who desire to purchase a home.

Provides counseling and workshops concerning first-time homebuyers, budgeting and managing finances, resolving/preventing mortgage delinquency, avoiding predatory lending, landlord-tenant issues, and tax liens. Provides referral service for any issue regarding tangled titles and deed transfers. Maintains an extensive list of resources for homeowners, heirs, and rental topics.

Assists in the filing of housing discrimination complaints. Gives referrals to the Fair Housing Law Center to investigate, file and provide legal representation for victims of housing discrimination.

Offers a comprehensive approach to individual, family, and neighborhood success, Tri County Community Action provides a myriad of programming and initiatives around early childhood and family development; employment, education, and financial empowerment; housing security; and community development - all in an effort to create strong families and thriving communities.

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.