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Urban League of Philadelphia - Housing Counseling

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.

What's Here

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Personal Financial Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Housing Issues

Schuylkill Community Action - Housing and Mortgage Counseling

Offers HUD-certified housing counselors to assist individuals and families in Schuylkill County with a wide range of housing needs. Services include: - Budgeting and Financial Counseling: Guidance to manage finances and achieve housing stability. - Mortgage and Foreclosure Prevention: Support for homeowners facing foreclosure, including assistance with HEMAP. - HECM (Reverse Mortgage) Counseling: For older homeowners considering a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage. - Eviction Prevention: Strategies and referrals to help renters avoid losing their housing. - Predatory Lending Education: Identify and avoid risky lending practices. - Housing Options for Buyers & Renters: Counseling and resources to explore affordable housing, first-time homebuying, and rental opportunities. All services comply with Equal Housing Opportunity guidelines.

What's Here

Eviction Prevention Assistance
Predatory Lending Awareness Programs
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Pittsburgh Field Office Services

Offers HUD/FHA mortgage insurance, low and moderate income and elderly housing programs, community development assistance to local governments, and financial and technical assistance to organizations administering ongoing HUD programs, projects, and developments. Literature and speakers available.

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Federal Government Agencies/Departments
HUD Management Companies
Home Rental Listings
Housing Advocacy Groups
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral
Housing Discrimination Assistance

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.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Neighborworks Northeastern Pennsylvania - Financial Counseling and Education

Offers support for the Elderly Property Tax and Extension Program which can extend, defer, or assist older adults who are behind on property taxes. Older adults are also assisted with foreclosure preventions/loss mitigation counseling, budgeting and financial coaching.

What's Here

Property Tax Payment Assistance
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

New Kensington Community Development Corporation - Housing Counseling

Provides a wide range of free housing services, including: first-time homebuyer counseling; foreclosure and sheriff sale prevention; rent, mortgage and utility assistance; property tax and rent rebates; financial education. Also help clients build budgets and credit, and can connect people to affordable home repair.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Rent Payment Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Property Tax Information

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency - Homeowner Assistance Fund (PAHAF)

Provides assistance for the following mortgage and housing-related expenses to help prevent mortgage delinquencies, default, foreclosure, and displacement. The maximum amount of assistance for any homeowner under the PAHAF is $30,000 or up to 24 months of assistance.

What's Here

COVID-19
Property Tax Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

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.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Clarifi - Foreclosure Prevention & Mortgage Default

Clarifi works with struggling homeowners in all stages from those who are current but facing potential future delinquency to those whose homes are scheduled for sheriff's sale.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

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.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Clarifi - Foreclosure Prevention & Mortgage Default

Clarifi works with struggling homeowners in all stages from those who are current but facing potential future delinquency to those whose homes are scheduled for sheriff's sale.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

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.

What's Here

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Housing Discrimination Assistance

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Bankruptcy Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
TANF Recipients
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
Court Filing Offices
Legal Representation
Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance

Blueprints - Home Ownership Center

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.

What's Here

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs
HUD Approved Counseling Agencies

Community Progress Council - Housing and Financial Counseling

Provides rental, housing, and financial counseling. Works with individuals to help them meet their financial goals, whether it's securing an affordable rental, purchasing their first home, or building savings. Offers foreclosure mitigation and default, and delinquency counseling.

What's Here

Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

Credit Counseling Center - Mortgage Assistance

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

What's Here

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Philadelphia Regional Office Services

Provides consumers with information on a range of housing issues, including foreclosures and reverse mortgages, and referrals to approved local housing counseling agencies. Responsible for national policy and programs that address America's housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation's communities, and enforce fair housing laws.

What's Here

Housing Advocacy Groups
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Federal Government Agencies/Departments
Specialized Information and Referral
Low Income/Subsidized Private Rental Housing

Center in the Park - Housing Counselor

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

What's Here

Older Adults
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Rent Payment Assistance
Housing Search Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Tenfold - Mortgage Counseling

Foreclosure prevention counseling helps people struggling to make their mortgage payments by helping them to: understand their options to avoid foreclosure; access emergency mortgage assistance through HEMAP; work with their lenders to obtain loan modifications. Reverse mortgage counseling helps people who are over 62 to understand reverse mortgages (also known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgage or HECM) and to decide if this is a good option for them. This counseling is required by law before any lender can make a reverse mortgage to a client.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

Neighborhood Legal Services Association - Project Shape

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Foreclosure Avoidance Counseling

Offers counseling that help homeowners understand the foreclosure process, review their finances, develop budgets, and explore alternatives like loan modifications, forbearance, or repayment plans.

What's Here

Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Specialized Information and Referral

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.

What's Here

Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks, Inc. - Foreclosure Intervention Assistance

Provides foreclosure intervention assistance and counseling.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

Advantage Credit Counseling Service - Home Purchase and Mortgage Counseling Services

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.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
HUD Approved Counseling Agencies
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

What's Here

Legal Information Services
Bankruptcy Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
TANF Recipients
Elder Law
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Predatory Lending Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
Court Filing Offices
Legal Representation
Advocacy
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance