Ticket from Michael Brewbaker - Agencies

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Submitted by Customer Support on Thu, 05/01/2025 - 11:57

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Dear Michael,

In order to become a HUD certified housing counselor, an individual must have passed the HUD Housing Counselor Certification Examination and work for a HUD Housing Counseling Program Participating Agency. An individual is not considered certified until they are employed by an agency. As an individual you can seek employment from the agency of your choice. A list of HUD participating agencies can be found here. You can search by the state or zip code you are located in. 

HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov Support provides technical support and general program information related to the HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov training and certification exam program. If you have additional questions about the housing counselor training and certification program, please visit the HUD Exchange or email HUD Housing Counseling at housing.counseling@hud.gov with the subject line, “Housing Counselor Certification.”

For information related to applying to become a HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency visit the HUD Exchange or complete the Become a HUD-approved Housing Counseling Agency Learning Pathway collection of webinars.

For other questions related to HUD policies or updates, please contact your agency's HUD Point of Contact (POC), visit HUD.gov, or call 800 333 4636

Sincerely,

The HUDhousingcounselors.hud.gov Support Team

I have a question on how the 1-year counseling experience is proven when becoming an approved agency. We started our non-profit for housing, which will provide counseling and education resources. I am the person who will become certified by the agency. I have a lot of past experience myself counseling and teaching. Would that count or does the agency need to have a licensed counselor for a year? Any information you can provide would be helpful. Thank you!
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