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

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.

What's Here

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

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Making Home Affordable for the Military

Offers to help homeowners get mortgage relief and avoid foreclosure.

What's Here

Active Military
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs

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

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

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

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

Advantage Credit Counseling Services of NEPA - Remote Housing Counseling

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.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

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

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

Federal Government Agencies/Departments
Low Income/Subsidized Private Rental Housing
Housing Advocacy Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Housing Discrimination 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

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

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

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.

What's Here

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

NeighborWorks Western PA - Homebuyer and Homeowner Counseling and Education

Provides homebuyer and homeowner counseling and education, including foreclosure prevention services. All services are available virtually.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling

Schuylkill Community Action - Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program

Assists homeowners facing foreclosure. Provides early court intervention for owner-occupied residential mortgage cases, helping homeowners explore options to retain their properties or, if necessary, allow lenders to proceed to Sheriff Sale. SCA counselors provide skilled support and representation, assisting homeowners in negotiating repayment terms, loan modifications, and other solutions to resolve mortgage defaults. In partnership with the Court of Common Pleas – 21st Judicial District and the Schuylkill County Bar Association.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs

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

Center for Family Services - Foreclosure Counseling

Assists in negotiations with lender for a Loan Modification or a Forbearance Plan, budget counseling, referrals to other services, and will help explore additional refinancing options. People with an Act 91 Notice should contact immediately, there is a limited window to apply for assistance.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling

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

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

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

Philadelphia Legal Assistance - Consumer Housing Assistance

Offers legal aid for low-income homeowners facing evictions and foreclosures.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
People At Risk of Foreclosure
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania - Fair Housing Enforcement and Education

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.

What's Here

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

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

Xiente - Housing Counseling

Provides comprehensive housing counseling services including Pre- and Post-Purchase Counseling, Rental Counseling, Mortgage Default and Delinquency Counseling, Property Inspection Assistance, Loan Counseling. Home Repair Loans, Mortgage Refinancing Assistance, Property Tax Assistance, and Homestead Exemption Help. Holds Pre-Purchase Workshops the third Thursday of every month.

What's Here

Property Tax Payment Assistance
Loan Counseling
Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Grants/Loans

Monroe County Government - Foreclosure Diversion Program

Court of the Common Pleas, 43rd Judicial District in Monroe County office this service in an effort to address the increasing number of property foreclosures in the county. Objective of the program is to provide a streamlined, unified process for the resolution of mortgage foreclosure proceedings through court intervention, housing counseling, and conciliation conferences.

What's Here

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