The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently awarded $41.3 million in grants to support the services provided by housing counselors throughout the country.
HUD said the awards include $38.6 million in second-year housing counseling grants to 173 HUD-approved local housing counseling agencies, national and regional organizations, multi-state organizations, and state housing finance agencies which were awarded grants under the Sept. 18, 2021, Office of Housing Counseling two-year Comprehensive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
HUD also awarded an additional $2.75 million in second-year funding for six HUD-approved housing counseling agencies that received awards under HUD’s Nov. 2, 2021, Office of Housing Counseling Training NOFO.
“Today’s awards provide important funding for housing counseling agencies that are performing crucial services for individuals and families across the nation,” Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner Julia Gordon said. “Maintaining and funding a network of quality housing counseling resources through our Office of Housing Counseling is a key piece of achieving HUD’s goals to reduce barriers and promote equity in housing.”
The agency said the funding will continue to support vital housing counseling services performed by these agencies, including pre-purchase homebuyer counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling, rental eviction prevention counseling and disaster recovery counseling.
“We are pleased to provide this second year of funding to support HUD-approved housing counseling agencies in fulfilling their many roles, including helping families maintain housing stability as the nation recovers from the pandemic,” Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling David Berenbaum said.
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