Dear Counselor,

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. 

Sincerely,

The HUDhousingcounselors.hud.gov Support Team