About Us

HCS is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization founded in 1972 to provide comprehensive housing counseling, training, advocacy, technical assistance and housing opportunities for low and moderate-income homebuyers, homeowners, and tenants; to help them achieve successful living in healthy, safe and affordable homes.  HCS’s goal is to prevent homelessness and increase sustainable housing opportunities by providing the skills, self-esteem and empowerment necessary within families and  communities.  Further, HCS works to build the individual and group capacity for economic, physical, and social development of homes, neighborhoods and communities.

HCS takes a holistic approach to family needs for shelter.  HCS recognizes that without technical assistance, client  training,  skills enhancement, consistency of service, understanding of cause and effect, and client follow-up, counseling intervention will  not remedy individual housing problems or the housing crisis as a whole.  Most importantly, HCS  believes  that individuals need to take responsibility for meeting their own needs and works with families in developing the skills, self-confidence and self-esteem necessary for successful living.

 

Currently, HCS administers several housing services programs in the DC Metropolitan area including;

• Prepurchase Counseling

• Tenancy Counseling

• Homeownership Training

• Housing Training for Persons Living with HIV

• Emergency Rental Assistance

• Lead Based Paint Outreach and Education

• Cooperative/Condominium Training and Technical Assistance

Direct counseling, training, technical assistance and advocacy by HCS has resulted in thousands of families  purchasing their    first homes, hundreds of mortgage and rental delinquencies being brought current, hundreds of families bringing  their homes up to housing code, thousands of families spared the horrors of homelessness and most importantly, training thousands of individuals and families in preventing recurring problems and in resolving problems once they arise.

HCS programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development, District of Department of Health’s HIV/AIDS Administration, City of  Alexandria Department of Housing, Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington Area Women’s Foundation, Department of  Human Services, Community Development Support Collaborative, the Greater  Washington Urban League, generous individuals, and others.

Housing Counseling Services
2410 17^th Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC  20009
Phone: (202) 667-7006
info@housingetc.org