Housing counseling
City-funded housing counseling agencies offer group and individual counseling to help you buy and maintain a home, avoid eviction and foreclosure, and more.
Learn more about housing counseling.
Neighborhood Advisory Committees (NACs)
Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) organizations help residents learn about City programs that could benefit them.
Learn more about NACs.
Neighborhood Energy Centers
Energy Coordinating Agency’s (ECA) Neighborhood Energy Centers (NECs) provide information on how to save on utilities and get help paying energy bills.
Learn more about NECs in Philadelphia.
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative is a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Its goal is to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income communities.
The North Central Philadelphia Transformation Plan is part of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. To learn more, visit the North Central Choice website.
LandCare
DHCD supports the Philadelphia Horticultural Society’s LandCare Program. The LandCare program cleans, greens, and stabilizes vacant lots to help return them to productive use. To learn more, visit the LandCare webpage.
List of neighborhood resources
Agency | Contact | Housing Counseling | NAC | NEC |
---|---|---|---|---|
ACHIEVEability | 59 N. 60th St. (215) 748-8800 |
NAC | NEC | |
Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania | 846 N. Broad St. (215) 765-0048 |
Senior, Foreclosure, and Pre-Purchase | ||
Affordable Housing Centers of PA: Northeast Office | 6325 Frankford Ave., Unit D (215) 765-1221 |
Senior, Foreclosure, and Pre-Purchase | ||
Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) | 600 W. Diamond St. (215) 235-6070 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | |
Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) | 1900 N. 9th St. (267) 296-7200 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | |
Brewerytown-Sharswood Civic Association |
3000-D N. Master St. (267) 858-4246 |
NAC | ||
Center in the Park | 5818 Germantown Ave. (215) 848-7722 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NEC | |
Clarifi | 1635 Market St., Suite 510 (215) 563-5665 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Congreso de Latinos Unidos | 216 W. Somerset St. (215) 763-8870 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NEC | |
Diversified Community Services |
1920 S. 20th St. (215) 336-3511 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NEC | |
Diversified Community Services (Dixon House) | 1529 S. 22nd St. (215) 336-5505 ext. 113 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | |
Esperanza | 4261 N. 5th St. (215) 324-0746 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Frankford CDC | 4667- 69 Paul St. (215)743-6580 |
NAC | ||
Germantown Crisis Ministry | 35 W. Chelten Ave. (215) 843-2340 |
NEC | ||
Germantown United CDC | 5320 Germantown Ave. (215) 856-4303 |
NAC | ||
Greater Philadelphia Asian Social Service (GPASS) | 4943 N. 5th St. (215) 456-1662 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | NEC |
HACE: Central Office | 167 W. Allegheny Ave., Suite 200 (215) 426-8025 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | |
HACE: Frankford Office | 4907 Frankford Ave. (215) 437-7867 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NEC | |
Hunting Park NAC | 3760 N. Delhi St. (215) 225-5560 |
NAC | NEC | |
Intercommunity Action (Senior Center) |
403 Rector St. (215) 487-1750 |
Senior and Foreclosure | ||
Intercultural Family Services | 4225 Chestnut St. (215) 386-1298 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Liberty Resources | 112 N 8th St., Suite 600 (215) 634-2000 |
Disability and Foreclosure | ||
Mt. Airy USA | 6703 Germantown Ave., Suite 200 (215) 844-6021 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Mt. Vernon Manor CDC/NAC | 631 N. 39th St. (215) 475-9492 |
NAC | NEC | |
New Kensington CDC | 2771 Ruth St., Suite 1 (215) 427-0350 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | NEC |
Nicetown CDC | 4300 Germantown Ave. (215) 329-1827 |
NAC | NEC | |
Norris Square Community Alliance | 174 Diamond St. (215) 426-8734 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Northwest Counseling Service | 6521 N. Broad St., 1st Fl. (215) 324-7500 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Parkside Association of Philadelphia |
1719 N. 52nd St. (215) 877-1198 |
NAC | ||
People’s Emergency Center CDC | 3939 Warren St. (267) 777-5820 |
NAC | ||
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation |
301-305 N. 9th St. (215) 922-2156 |
NAC | ||
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement |
5218 W. Master St. (215) 796-9979 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Philadelphia Senior Center | 509 S. Broad St. (215) 546-5879 |
Senior and Foreclosure | ||
South Kensington Community Partners, Inc. |
1301 N 2nd St (215) 427-3463 |
NAC | ||
Southwest CDC | 6328 Paschall Ave. (215) 729-0800 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | NEC |
Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center, Inc. |
2829 W. Diamond St. (215) 235-7505 |
NAC | NEC | |
Tenant Union Representative Network | 100 S Broad St., Suite 800 (215) 940-3900 |
Renter | ||
The Enterprise Center CDC | 4548 Market St. (215) 895-4020 |
NAC | ||
Tioga United, Inc. | 1539 W. Venango St. (215) 639-6912 |
NAC | ||
Unemployment Information Center | 112 N. Broad St., 11th Floor (215) 557-0822 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
United Communities Southeast Philadelphia | 2029 S. 8th St. (215) 468-1645 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NEC | |
Universal Companies | 800 S. 15th St. (215) 732-6518 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | NAC | |
Urban League of Philadelphia | 121 S. Broad St., 9th Floor (215) 985-3220 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
We Never Say Never | 4427 Lancaster Ave. (215) 452-0440 |
NEC | ||
West Oak Lane CDC | 1624 Wadsworth Ave. (215) 224-8339 |
Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase | ||
Whitman Council, Inc. | 2455 S. 3rd St. (215) 468-4056 |
NAC |