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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.

Provides foreclosure intervention assistance and counseling.

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.

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.

Assists with pre-and post-renting, rental delinquency/default, post purchase counseling, first-time mortgage counseling, anti-predatory lending, and mortgage default and delinquency counseling.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Provides housing counseling services as a supportive base for tenants and homeowners of HAVE's housing development projects.

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.

Information and access to resources for people who are finding it difficult to make the mortgage payments on their homes and are at risk for foreclosure.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

- 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.

Assists struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure by offering loan modifications, refinance options, principal reduction, and short sale or deed-in-lieu alternatives.

Offers to help homeowners get mortgage relief and avoid foreclosure.

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.

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.