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Provides guidance through the steps of cleaning up credit, purchasing a home and obtaining a mortgage. Offers seminars on topics such as buying a home and home equity loans.

Offers an array of services including foreclosure prevention, credit and budget counseling, financial education, and homebuyer education (including down payment assistance).

Provides information and, occasionally, classes on how to recognize and avoid predatory lending, a form of financing where unscrupulous institutions attempt to pressure individuals (often low-income or elderly) into signing loan agreements they cannot afford, thereby putting them at risk of losing their homes.

Offers classes on a variety of topics including budgeting, saving, improving credit, workforce literacy (prejob guidance, life skills, etc.) computer training and preparing for home ownership. One on one counseling in these areas is also available upon request.

Provides classes and individual counseling on budgeting, credit, mortgage loans, predatory lending, and home purchase preparation, including separate review of documents.

Provides pre-purchase and mortgage default counseling, home equity conversion (reverse mortgage) counseling, and information about the HUD rent assistance program for current and prospective purchasers and tenants.

Provides a pre-purchase education program and one on one coaching on the home buying process and mortgage-readiness. Topics include establishing credit, reading credit reports, fixing bad credit, making a plan to buy a house, managing debts, mortgage loans, choosing a reputable lender, searching for a house, preventive home maintenance and more. Also provides individual review of loan documents to help prevent predatory lending. If qualified, may refer to agency's home downpayment program for financial assistance with buying a house.

Provides one-on-one financial counseling and seminars for: - Home Purchase. - Minor Home Repairs. - Foreclosure Prevention. - Home Lending. - Financial Education/Seminars. - Affordable Rehab Homes for Sale/Rentals.

Provides counseling for those who are interested in buying and maintaining a home. Will review and explain loan documents. Provides information for those who may have or are in danger of falling behind on current mortgage payments on a home. Provides post-purchase information on home maintenance.

Provides pre-purchase counseling, including guidance through the steps of cleaning up credit, purchasing a home, obtaining a mortgage, and advising how to avoid lending that preys on borrowers. Offers assistance if foreclosure on a home is threatened. Offers HUD-approved home buyer education on topics such as preparing for home ownership and obtaining an affordable mortgage.

Provides assistance on all needs related to housing, including rehab loans, weatherization, energy audits, home repair, code issues, and foreclosure prevention.

Offers Free Homebuyer Education Class - Part 1 and Part 2. Topics include: - Your Credit and Why It is Important. - Managing Your Money. - Thinking Like a Lender. - Becoming a Homeowner. - Protecting Your Home Investment.

HUD approved housing counseling. Assists with identifying and resolving the barriers to home ownership in one-on-one counseling sessions. Housing counseling services address the following topics: Pre-purchase and Homebuyer Education and Non-Delinquency Post-Purchase Counseling.

Offers HUD-approved home buyer education workshops to educate individuals on the home buying process. The 8 hour workshops meet the qualifications to apply for various down payment assistance programs including City of Columbus ADDI, Franklin County, and Ohio Housing Finance Agency. ***NEW online course available: www.eHomeAmerica.org/hothcdc

Provides assistance for people who want to purchase a home by offering information and advice about the housing process, identifying housing options, the closing process, and home maintenance.

Provides supportive services to assist individuals who are homeless with obtaining housing. Services may include assistance finding and applying for housing as well as assistance with rental deposit and rent payment expense assistance for up to 6 months.

*Homebuyer Education Classes: Monthly, 6-hour course offered via Zoom or onsite; first-time buyers learn the ins and outs of purchasing a home. Also available as web-based course @ www.ehomeamerica.org/nhp. *Packaging for USDA direct program: Local resource for income-eligible applicants wishing to purchase in approved rural areas. Low interest rate without mortgage insurance; monthly subsidy assistance to assist with house payment.

Provides assistance for low- and moderate-income individuals and families with their need for safe and affordable housing.

Provides zero-interest loans to qualified residents who need to make home repairs. Offers home repair assistance as well as financial counseling, home buyer education, tool lending library and home repair classes.

Provides first-time homebuyer counseling, education, and guidance.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency’s (OHFA) Ohio Heroes rewards Ohio residents who serve the public with a discounted mortgage interest rate. You can choose to include down payment assistance in your Ohio Heroes loan. Down payment assistance is forgiven after seven years. If you sell or refinance your home within seven years, you must repay all of the assistance provided. Qualified buyers are required to complete free homebuyer education. Information on OHFA’s streamlined education program is available on our website or, you may complete a course offered by any U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved counseling agency in Ohio.

Provides counseling, education, and advice on housing issues: *Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Prevention *First Time Home Buyer Counseling and Education *First Time Renter

Provides housing counselors for immediate and long-term guidance related to housing stress. Does not provide mortgage assistance.

Offers a free HUD-approved home buyer education and pre-purchase counseling program. Participants must complete the eight hour education component and a 1-2 hour individual counseling session. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion.

Connects callers with HUD approved housing counselors near them that can assist them with buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, and credit issues.