Housing Counseling "Exam Prep" Cohort
Are you ready for the HUD counselor certification exam? This cohort is designed to offer practical steps for you and your organization can take to pass the exam and teach you the essential skills needed to be a certified Housing Counselor.
This staff-led cohort will help you gain the knowledge and skills in the six major competencies emphasized in the HUD certification exam. These six areas include: Financial Management, Housing Affordability, Fair Housing, Homeownership, Avoiding Foreclosure, and Tenancy. Skills covered include how to calculate income, determine between renting or buying based on common factors, understand fair housing state/federal history and protected classes, review types of loans and qualifications, provide practical ways to reduce debt, and review credit history.
The cohort will meet three times a week in 2-hour increments for 6 weeks, see schedule posted below. Participants will have access to resource materials, interactive polling/quizzes, and other housing counseling tools through the duration of the cohort. These educational tools paired with good study habits will help individuals leverage confidence in passing the certification exam.
A practice exam will be provided at the conclusion of the 6-week cohort, which must be passed in order to obtain a certificate of completion of the cohort. Participants can access the Microsoft Teams Channels where the cohort sessions will be housed upon registration and begin looking at the available resources prior to the live sessions. Participants will complete modules/activities between each scheduled session per the calendar provided below.
Coaching will be provided by
PI's Housing Stability Program Manager
Danielle Drew
Danielle balances training and evaluation to amplify program delivery for the Indiana Emergency Rental Assistance (IERA) Housing Stability Network. She engages with IERA providers to increase housing counseling services and the number of certified housing counselors across Indiana. She is a HUD certified Housing Counselor with several years of housing experience at the direct agency level. She is responsible for conducting research to improve economic stability for low-income households, collaborating with providers to identify process improvements to increase performance, engages community partners to increase knowledge and awareness of the program, works with program staff to develop standard operating guidance for providers to ensure grant compliance, continuity in program delivery, and messaging.
