Making Housing More Affordable

HUD- Approved Homeowner Counseling Agencies

Once you determine you are eligible, all applicants must complete a HUD-approved First Time Homebuyer Education workshop and receive a certificate upon completion from one of the approved counseling agencies below.

Alliance Credit Counseling

On-Line First Time Homebuyer Certification Course

10720 Sikes Place#100

Charlotte, NC 2827

Phone: 888-658-5812

Email: Counseling@KnowDebt.org 

Website: https://www.knowdebt.org/services/homebuyer-education-course/


Asian Incorporated

First Time Homebuyer Workshops in Chinese

1167 Mission Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103

Phone: 415-928-5910 

Fax: 415-921-0182

Email: schen@asianinc.org

Website: www.asian.inc.org 


Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling DBA

On-Line First Time Homebuyer Certification Course

*If using this program, choose the “Marin Housing Homebuyer Certification” course. The fee is $35.00. If you do not have a Lender at this time, you may enter “Marin Housing” for that question, since we are the requestor of the Certificate of Completion.

National Foundation for Debt Management (Florida and New Jersey)

Phone: (888) 738-8233 or (866) 395-5769 

Email: help@cc-bc.com

Website: www.cc-bc.com 


Consumer Credit Counseling Services of San Francisco

“First Time Homebuyers: The Basics” Workshops 

595 Market Street, 15th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: 800-777-7526 Fax: (415) 777-4030

Email: info@cccssf.org

Website: www.cccssf.org 


Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California

Offers periodic live certification workshops. Please visit the following links for details:

http://www.fairhousingnorcal.org/education-for-homebuyers.html 

http://www.fairhousingnorcal.org/events--workshops

For more information, contact: adriana@fairhousingnorcal.org

Mission Economic Development Association (MEDA)

Homeownership Workshops in English and Spanish

2301 Mission Street, Ste. 301

San Francisco, CA 94110

Phone: 415-282-3334 

Fax: 415-282-3320

Email: homeownership@medasf.org

Website: www.medasf.org 


Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)

3801-3805 Broadway

Oakland, CA 94611

Phone: 510-652-6622

www.naca.com


San Francisco Housing Development Corporation (SFHDC)

First Time Homebuyer Workshops

4439 3rd Street

San Francisco, CA 94124

Phone: (415) 822-1022 

Fax: (415) 822-1077

Email: info@sfhdc.org

Website: www.sfhdc.org 


San Francisco LGBT Community Center

Matthew Rizzie, Associate Director of Financial Services

1800 Market St.

San Francisco, CA 94102

Phone: 415-865-5542

email: financialservices@sfcenter.org

Website: https://www.sfcenter.org/program/housing-financial/


Unity Council, Oakland (Spanish)

Homebuyer Workshops in English and Spanish

1900 Fruitvale Avenue, Ste. 2A

Oakland, CA 94601

Phone: 510-535-6900 

Fax: 510-534-7771

Email: admin@unitycouncil.org

Website: www.unitycouncil.org 


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