OAR 813-100-0061: Housing Counseling Program

The Housing Counseling program provides services from HUD-certified housing counselors for homebuyer education, budgeting/financial planning and pre-purchase and mortgage readiness to help households on their path to housing recovery and long-term stability. (1) Funding is available through grants to eligible subrecipients (2) Geographic Eligibility: FEMA IA-declared counties for DR-4562: (a) HUD-identified MID counties: Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion (b) Grantee-identified MID counties: Klamath (3) Eligible Beneficiaries: To be eligible for the program, applicants must meet the following criteria: (a) Must be displaced or facing housing insecurity in one of the HUD- or grantee-identified MIDs; or (b) Be referred from another ReOregon program (4) Administration: The funds will be administered by subrecipients. (5) Updated program information can be found at the OHCS ReOregon website.