Staying in your home can be a challenge. Housing counseling can help.
Housing counseling in your community
Home ownership brings both rights and responsibilities. Home maintenance can be costly. Tenants and landlords don’t always see eye-to-eye. A financial crisis could bring a family to the brink of foreclosure or eviction and maybe even homelessness.
City-funded housing counseling agencies can help. Housing counselors can help prepare people to buy a home. They assist tenants fighting eviction. They help homeowners facing foreclosure. And they can help address specific issues facing seniors and people with disabilities.
Trained housing counselors offer free group and individual counseling on:
- Mortgage and tax foreclosure prevention.
- Credit repair and maintenance.
- Budgeting and money management.
- Rights and responsibilities of homeowners.
- Mortgage application and purchase process.
- Tenant/landlord issues.
- Home repair.
- Fair housing rights.
Housing counseling map
Housing counseling agencies are marked with a yellow dot in the map below. Click on the dot to find out what services each agency offers. Enter your address in the search box to find a housing counseling agency near you.
List of housing counseling agencies
| Agency | Address | Phone | Housing Counseling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania | 846 N. Broad St. | (215) 765-1221 | Senior, Foreclosure, and Pre-Purchase |
| Affordable Housing Centers of PA: Northeast Office | 6325 Frankford Ave., Unit D | (215) 624-0221 | Senior, Foreclosure, and Pre-Purchase |
| Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) | 600 Diamond St. | (215) 235-6070 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) | 1900 N. 9th St. 19122 | (267) 296-7200 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Center in the Park | 5818 Germantown Ave. | (215) 848-7722 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| 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 |
| Esperanza | 4261 N. 5th St. | (215) 324-0746 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Greater Philadelphia Asian Social Service (GPASS) | 4943 N. 5th St. | (215) 456-1662 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| HACE: Central Office | 167 W. Allegheny Ave., Suite 200 | (215) 426-1151 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| HACE: Frankford Office | 4907 Frankford Ave. | (215) 437-7867 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Intercommunity Action (Senior Center) | 403 Rector St. | (215) 487-1750 | Senior and Foreclosure |
| Intercultural Family Services | 4225 Chestnut St. | (215) 386-1298 | Senior, 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 |
| New Kensington CDC | 2771 Ruth St., Suite 1 | (215) 427-0350 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Norris Square Community Alliance | 174 Diamond St. | (215) 426-8734 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Northwest Counseling Service | 6521 N. Broad St. | (215) 324-7500 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation | 301-305 N. 9th St. | (215) 922-2156 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| 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 |
| Southwest CDC | 6328 Paschall Ave. | (215) 729-0800 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| Tenant Union Representative Network | 100 S Broad St., Suite 800 | (215) 940-3900 | Renter |
| 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 |
| Urban League of Philadelphia | 121 S. Broad St., 9th Floor | (215) 985-3220 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |
| West Oak Lane CDC | 1624 Wadsworth Ave. | (215) 224-8339 | Foreclosure and Pre-Purchase |