Housing Counseling Services (HCS)
Provides housing counseling services, training, and advocacy for low and moderate income homebuyers, homeowners, and tenants in the Washington Metropolitan area. Emergency Rental Assistance, Rental Housing Search, Foreclosure Prevention, Eviction Prevention, Home Purchase, Home Renovations, Tenant Counseling, Homeless Veterans Rehousing, Lead Safe Repairs, Coop/condo training, Credit Counseling, Reverse Mortgage Counseling, Housing Preservation Counseling
                                                                                    
                                                                                        
                                    
                                        (202) 667 - 7006   
                                    
                                
                                                                                        
                                                                                                                
                                                    Homeless Counseling Services
Services are offered to help people without a home locate affordable housing and avoid homelessness.
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                                Required Document:
                                                                Photo ID,Birth Certificate,Proof of Address,Proof of Income
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                        
                                                            
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                                                                                                    Sustainable Housing Assistance Rental Program (SHARP)
The Sustainable Housing Assistance Rental Program provides temporary financial support with the goal of increasing housing stability and improving health for people living with HIV/AIDS. SHARP will pr...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Help Pay for Housing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                        
                                                        
                                                            
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Living with HIV or AIDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                        
                                                                                                    Metropolitan Housing Access Program (MHAP)
HCS administers the Metropolitan Housing Access Program (MHAP), the centralized source for housing services and housing information for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the District of Columbia...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Living with HIV or AIDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                        
                                                                                                    Resources for Locating Affordable Housing
Looking for rental housing in DC?
Attend our weekly Housing Search Clinic.
Register for the Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) rental lottery
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Help Find Housing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                        
                                                        Tenant Anti-Displacement Services
This program helps groups of renters in multi-unit buildings protect their rights as tenants and avoid displacement. Tenant Services meets with tenants as a group, usually in the tenants’ own building...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
Housing Independence Through Employment (HITE) Program
The Housing Independence Through Employment (HITE) program seeks to assist highly motivated individuals in achieving their highest level of economic and housing independence through employment and hou...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Work
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                                                                                                    Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program provides services to very low-income veterans who are homeless or face potential homelessness. Brochure is available online.
With the suppo...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                                                                    Financial/Credit Counseling
HCS can help you develop a strategy for improving your credit and achieving your housing goals (including homeownership) through workshops and counseling.
Attend a free Money Matters / Financial Lite...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
Tenant Rights Counseling
Housing Counseling Services works to help renters understand and protect their rights, resolve conflicts with landlords and management companies, avoid displacement, and improve their housing conditio...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                            
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                                                        Reverse Mortgage / HECM Counseling
A Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) or “Reverse Mortgage” allows eligible homeowners over the age of 62 to convert equity in their homes into a stream of income or a line of credit. In order to a...
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        - 2410 17th St NW Washington DC 20009
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                            HCS Ward 7 Housing Empowerment Center
                                                                                                                    
                                                    
                                                                                                        - 1105 50th St., N.E. Washington DC 20019
