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2 0 0 8 R e p o r t The State of th
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The State of the Housing Counseling
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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List of Exhibits Exhibit 1-1. Exhib
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Exhibit 5-9. Exhibit 5-10. Exhibit
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Exhibit 8-10. Exhibit 8-11. Exhibit
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channeled through NeighborWorks ®
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How is housing counseling funded an
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counseling services from HUD-approv
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Current Challenges Facing the Indus
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standards are sufficient. Support f
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Ideally, intermediaries, SHFAs, and
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Chapter One. Introduction In 2007 3
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Exhibit 1-1. Topic Study Topics and
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Grant Applications Data The final s
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helping clients evaluate whether to
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Section 221 and 235 programs, that
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clients nearly doubled each year. A
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associated with increases in overal
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This last point highlights the fact
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Exhibit 2-6. Intermediaries and SHF
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Exhibit 2-8 maps the location of ea
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Key Challenges for the Industry The
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Chapter Three. Characteristics of C
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credit counseling responded to the
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Exhibit 3-4. Counseling Specializat
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Exhibit 3-6. Services Offered by HU
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Age of Organization and Housing Cou
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Agency Size Most housing counseling
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Exhibit 3-13. Distribution of the N
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Chapter 3. Characteristics of Couns
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Chapter Four. Intermediaries and St
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Organization Name Organization Type
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Exhibit 4-2. SHFAs Receiving HUD Ho
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Exhibit 4-3. Percent of LHCAs Recei
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National Credit Union Foundation (N
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Several organizations commented tha
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Exhibit 4-6. National Certification
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SHFAs provide some type of curricul
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allow counseling agencies to accept
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Chapter Five. Sources of Agency Fun
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Exhibit 5-1. Share of Total Funding
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Not surprisingly, the number of sou
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The next most common types of fundi
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Exhibit 5-7. Prevalence of Primary
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HUD’s strategy of spreading its a
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amount of available funding decline
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Our estimate includes all types of
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specialized training required for t
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Chapter Six. Characteristics of Edu
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the client with lenders. The follow
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approaches are identified as using
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Exhibit 6-4. Share of Clients by Ho
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while 24 percent conduct an informa
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financial literacy curriculum, focu
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Counseling to Resolve Mortgage Deli
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Exhibit 6-11. Share of Delinquency
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Forms of Assistance for Mortgage De
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counseling, and 20 percent have no
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“Funds for administrative respons
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Characteristics of Counseling Clien
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With respect to ethnicity, 19 perce
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Exhibit 7-7. Income Distribution of
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Exhibit 7-9. Percent of Agencies wh
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who purchased homes. Some agencies
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• Clients seeking pre-purchase ho
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Exhibit 7-12. Outcomes for Clients
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Exhibit 7-13. Outcomes for Clients
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engaged in counseling at the time o
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To some extent, agencies with diffe
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ace, and 6 percent are two or more
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Chapter Eight. Characteristics of H
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