Project Grant HC240941002

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $320,685 Comprehensive Housing Counseling (CHC) Grant to the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Wshfc). The purpose of this HUD CHC Grant Program (CFDA 14.169) is to provide direct funding support to HUD's nationwide network of approved housing counseling agencies.

Under this grant, Wshfc will deliver a range of housing counseling activities including providing information, advice, and tools to consumers seeking, financing, maintaining, renting, or owning a home. The agency will also assist those facing homelessness and homeowners in need of foreclosure assistance. Key activities include pre-purchase/home buying counseling, resolving or preventing mortgage delinquency or default counseling, and non-delinquency post-purchase counseling. Wshfc is required to demonstrate the number of households counseled and workshop attendees by activity type. The expected quantifiable outcomes include increasing access to housing resources, providing information on fair housing and lending, improving living conditions, facilitating home purchases and reverse mortgages, and preventing or resolving mortgage defaults. Wshfc is also required to partner with a minority-serving institution to provide these housing counseling services and expand the institution's partnerships.