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Housing counselors near you

The counseling agencies on this list are approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and they can offer independent advice about whether a particular set of mortgage loan terms is a good fit based on your objectives and circumstances, often at little or no cost to you. This list shows you several approved agencies in your area. You can find other approved counseling agencies at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) website: consumerfinance.gov/mortgagehelp or by calling 1-855-411-CFPB (2372). You can also access a list of nationwide HUD-approved counseling agencies at: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/housing/sfh/hcc/hcc_home

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Housing counselors throughout the country can provide advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, forbearances, foreclosures, and credit issues. When you enter your ZIP code below, you will see several approved agencies in your area. The counseling agencies on the searchable list are approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and they can offer independent advice, often at little or no cost to you. As an alternative, you can visit the HUD site to search the same list of nationwide HUD-approved counseling agencies .

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Use the search box below to find a housing counselor near you. Not every housing counselor offers all services, so be sure to check the list of services offered by each agency.

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Displaying the 10 locations closest to ZIP code 71342

Agency Services Distance
  1. Rapides Station Community Ministries
    1429 3rd St
    Alexandria, LA 71301-8250
    Website:
    Phone:
    318-487-9254
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
  • Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Predatory Lending Education Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
31.6 miles
  1. Cenla Community Action Committee, Incorporated
    2011 Macarthur Dr
    Alexandria, LA 71301-3720
    Website:
    Phone:
    318-314-3480
    Email Address:
    pballott@cenlacac.org
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Services for Homeless Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Rental Housing Counseling
34.4 miles
  1. Mount Pleasant Community Development Corp. Inc
    105 Bernice Drive
    Monroe, LA 71201-7621
    Website:
    Phone:
    318-323-3632
    Email Address:
    eloud@mtpleasantcdc.org
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Services for Homeless Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
56.8 miles
  1. Step Up Acadiana
    601 Loire Ave Ste H
    Lafayette, LA 70507-2477
    Website:
    Phone:
    337-484-1501
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
96.3 miles
  1. Lafayette Consolidated Government Neighborhood Counseling Services
    111 Shirley Picard Dr
    Lafayette, LA 70501-4568
    Website:
    Phone:
    337-291-5450
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshop
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
  • Services for Homeless Counseling
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
  • Rental Housing Workshops
100.5 miles
  1. Saint Martin, Iberia, Lafayette Community Action Agency
    501 Saint John St
    Lafayette, LA 70501-5709
    Website:
    Phone:
    337-234-3272-203
    Email Address:
    mharris@smilecaa.org
    Languages:
    English, French, Spanish
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
100.7 miles
  1. D&E, a Housing and Economic Empowerment Center, Inc.
    521 Marion Ave
    Mccomb, MS 39648-2009
    Website:
    Phone:
    601-600-7001
    Email Address:
    info@depower.org
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshop
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
  • Services for Homeless Counseling
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Predatory Lending Education Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
  • Rental Housing Workshops
102.3 miles
  1. Mid City Redevelopment Alliance
    419 N 19th St
    Baton Rouge, LA 70802-3758
    Phone:
    225-346-1000
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
102.5 miles
  1. Assist Agency
    225 N Avenue C
    Crowley, LA 70526-4949
    Website:
    Phone:
    337-788-7551
    Email Address:
    khuntly@assistagency.org
    Languages:
    English
  • Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counse
  • Financial Management/Budget Counseling
  • Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
  • Services for Homeless Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
  • Rental Housing Counseling
102.8 miles
  1. Urban Restoration Enhancement Corporation
    7732 Goodwood Blvd
    suite 204
    Baton Rouge, LA 70806-7626
    Website:
    Phone:
    225-356-8871-210
    Email Address:
    dlartigue@urecbr.com
    Languages:
    English
  • Financial, Budgeting and Credit Repair Workshops
  • Pre-purchase Counseling
  • Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
105.1 miles