Housing Counseling Outreach
This page focuses on outreach to the general public to increase awareness of the benefits of housing counseling services. This page provides updates on important Housing Counseling outreach activities and resources, such as National Homeownership Month and Disaster Recovery Flyers, as well as downloadable Housing Counseling Works banner ads, flyers, and fact sheets on target service areas.
Download a zip file containing all Housing Counseling Works marketing files.
Featured Resources
OHC has released electronic outreach materials to assist HUD-approved housing counseling agencies with their client outreach on the web and social media.
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Flyers, Posters, and Fact Sheets
If your housing counseling agency is interested in ordering the below materials for free, please review Order Materials for instructions.
Flyers, Brochures, and Posters
First-Time Homebuyer Brochures
Homeowners' Guides
Renters' Guides
Smart Move! Materials
These flyers are also available on HUD.gov in Arabic, Creole, French, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
View Flyers in Multiple Languages
Beat the Odds Benefit of Housing Counseling Infographic
Disaster Recovery Flyers
These flyers are a helpful tool when participating in short-term and long-term disaster recovery outreach events in your area. View the flyers in all languages and color schemes.
Behind on Your Mortgage?
Fact Sheets and Flyers
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Reverse Mortgage Counseling Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Rental Counseling Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Post Purchase Counseling Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Homeless Counseling Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Foreclosure Prevention Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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First-Time Homebuyer Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Budget and Financial Literacy Fact Sheets and Flyers |
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Fair Housing Flyers |
Social Media and Media Relations
COVID-19 Outreach Materials for HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies
These electronic COVID-19 outreach materials assist HUD-approved housing counseling agencies with their client outreach on the web and social media.
The Social Media 101 Toolkit provides counselors with the knowledge needed to establish a social media presence and engage with consumers online. Within this toolkit, counselors will find everything they need to disseminate information about HUD-approved housing counseling to their valued clients and ultimately increase awareness of HUD-approved housing counseling.
The Media Relations Toolkit assists Housing Counseling Agencies (HCAs) in understanding how the local media in their communities are powerful influencers of consumers and can work to engage with them to raise awareness about counseling services. This toolkit provides best practices and tips for communicating with the media to help agencies with their media relations outreach.
Homeowner's Guide to Success
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Homeowner's Guide to Success as part of a public-private partnership between federal agencies and industry partners. The guide provides homeowners with information on the critical first steps to take if they are at risk of missing a mortgage payment or facing foreclosure.
Read the Press Release announcing this new guide.
Download the Homeowner's Guide to Success
Guides Available in Other Languages
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| Arabic | Download the guide in Arabic |
| Chinese | Download the guide in Chinese |
| Farsi | Download the guide in Farsi |
| French | Download the guide in French |
| German | Download the guide in German |
| Portuguese | Download the guide in Portuguese |
| Russian | Download the guide in Russian |
| Spanish | Download the guide in Spanish |
Events
2021 National Homeownership Month: Advancing Racial Equity in Homeownership
June is National Homeownership Month (NHM) and has been officially declared by Presidential Proclamation since 2002. During this month, HUD celebrates the benefits that homeownership brings to individual and families across the nation. In this discussion on June 24, 2021, participants heard from national and local agency perspectives on what can be done to advance the dream of homeownership – and the security and wealth creation that comes with it – into a reality for more Americans.
National Homeownership Month 2020: Social Distancing and Its Effect on the Housing Industry
On June 23, 2020, the Office of Housing Counseling hosted a panel discussion on social distancing and its effect on the housing industry. This virtual discussion explored the innovative concepts the industry is using to meet the challenges and demands posed in this current environment.
Building Tomorrow Together
To celebrate Homeownership Month, the Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) hosted a half day conference, Building Tomorrow Together, to explore emerging housing counseling industry issues. The event featured three panels: Maximizing the Value of Housing Counseling; The Changing Face of Housing Counseling for Consumers; and What’s on the Horizon for Housing Counseling?