Housing Counseling Cohort

Housing Counseling Cohort

Are you ready for the HUD counselor certification? This cohort is designed to offer practical steps for you and your organization can take to pass the exam and teach you the essential skills needed to be a certified Housing Counselor.

This staff-led cohort will help you gain the knowledge and skills in the six major competencies emphasized in the HUD certification exam. These six areas include: Financial Management, Housing Affordability, Fair Housing, Homeownership, Avoiding Foreclosure, and Tenancy. Skills covered include how to calculate income, determine between renting or buying based on common factors, understand fair housing state/federal history and protected classes, review types of loans and qualifications, provide practical ways to reduce debt, and review credit history.

The cohort will meet three times a week in 60-minutes increments for 9 weeks, see schedule posted below. Participants will have access to resource materials, interactive polling/quizzes, and other housing counseling tools through the duration of the cohort. These educational tools paired with good study habits will help individuals leverage confidence in passing the certification exam.

A practice exam will be provided at the conclusion of the 9-week cohort, which must be passed in order to obtain a certificate of completion of the cohort. Participants can access the Microsoft Teams Channels where the cohort sessions will be housed upon registration and begin looking at the available resources prior to the live sessions. Participants will complete modules/activities between each scheduled session per the calendar provided below.