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The National Housing Resource Center (NHRC) is an advocate for the nonprofit housing counseling industry, as well as for housing consumers, for communities of color, for the elderly, and for under-served populations. This website is home resources and tools for housing counselors.

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2025 NHRC Housing Campaigns – Join Us in Pushing Affordable Housing Forward

December 13th, 2024|0 Comments

National Housing Resource Center (NHRC) had a powerhouse 2024, and we are planning high-impact initiatives for 2025: 1. Very Low-Income Homeownership Program NHRC leads a national coalition to reform and expand HUD's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program, enabling housing subsidies to be applied toward mortgage payments of very low-income homeowners. By combining this with down payment assistance and expert housing counseling, we are creating pathways to wealth building and reducing the homeownership gap for Black and Latino households. Impact so far: Over 600 housing counselors trained, 80+ lenders engaged in best practices, and HUD improving and promoting [...]

Home Energy Advisors

October 15th, 2024|0 Comments

Cristy Villalobos-Hauser, NHRC Housing Policy Manager October 15, 2024   Are you looking to expand your housing counseling business? Earlier this year, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a $7 Billion Solar for All program to deliver residential solar energy to low-income households. This initiative would help families save $350 million annually by advancing environmental justice in the United States by assisting families to access solar energy. The Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All program will provide funds to states, territories, Tribal governments, and nonprofits to develop impactful solar programs that empower low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and [...]

NHRC Highlights

On Monday, NHRC met with Danberry Carmon and the Office of Housing Counseling staff.  In the photo are Ibijoke Akinbowale (NCRC), Terry Carr (HUD), Jorge Rivera (UnidosUS), Danberry Carmon (HUD), Claudia Randall (Community Development Network of Maryland), Simone Griffin (HomeFree-USA), and Ellie Pepper (NHRC).  Also in the meeting were Ayanna Fortson (National Urban League), Jennifer Murphy (Homeownership Council of America), David Young (Housing Action Illinois), Karen Hoskins (NeighborWorks America), Baylee Childress (NeighborWorks America), Ruth Roman (HUD), Brian Siebenlist (HUD), Phyllis Ford (HUD),  Jerry Mayer (HUD), and me.

We discussed strategies to increase housing counselor certification, challenges with testing sites, English as a second language issues, and different learning and testing styles of counselors.  We explained  some of our programs to attract more people to the housing counseling field.  We urged HUD to get this year’s Housing Counseling Assistance funding out early to the agencies.  We floated ideas on rebranding housing counseling and what would it take to rebrand the housing counseling job title.   We updated HUD on the technology work, integrating MISMO data standards into the housing counseling client management systems. We described the Savi student loan tool and the discount for HUD-approved housing counseling agencies.  All in all, it was vibrant discussion and we agreed to more regular meetings.