Housing Counseling Certification

HUD Housing Counselors Training and Testing for Certification

This website is specifically designed for HUD-approved housing counseling agencies, offering free on-line training covering a broad range of topics including responsibilities of homeownership and tenancy; avoiding foreclosure and eviction; financial management; and fair housing. The training is designed to help prepare housing counselors for the upcoming, mandatory HUD-certified counselor examination.

Proposed Rule

Federal Register Notice, Proposed Rule: Housing Counseling Program: New Certification Requirements, 24 CFR Part 214 [Docket No. FR 5339–P–01]

Extension of Proposed Rule Comment Period

Archived Version of the Conference Call on The Housing Counseling Program Proposed Rule - 10/25/13

Housing Counselor Certification Proposed Rule FAQs