These new members represent the mortgage industry, the real estate industry, consumers, and HUD-approved housing counseling agencies.
“We welcome our newest members to the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee and thank all members for their commitment to the nation’s individuals, families, and communities who rely on the nationwide housing counseling program to find and sustain safe and affordable homes,” HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge said in a release. “For the first time in recent years, the committee is at its full 12 members, as allowed under statute. The work of this committee in advising HUD’s Housing Counseling program is not only critical to the nation’s recovery from the financial effects of COVID-19 but is a vital part of reshaping fairer and more equitable housing opportunities for communities of color.”
The following new members will serve three-year terms:
The members join the following committee members who were appointed or re-appointed in September 2021:
HUD established the committee in April 2015 to advise HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling on how to carry out its functions. The committee provides a forum for those involved in housing counseling to offer advice directly to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling David Berenbaum on ways to accomplish the objectives of HUD’s Office of Housing Counseling.
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