Housing Counselor Certification
A new preparation tool the hud housing counselors knowledge assessment was launched on july 1 2019.
Housing counselor certification. The fifteen training modules provide opportunities to learn practice and explore six areas of content. Applicants must have counseled at least 30 individuals within the last 12 months or must have been employed by a hud certified housing counseling agency for the last six months. Effective june 1 2017 this website features user account registration. Both options will be proctored.
Registration for the hud housing counselor certification exam opened august 01 2017. The testing methodology for the certification exam will include options to take the exam online or in person. Access training materials take a practice exam and register for the hud housing counselors certification exam. Housing counselors can use the training to obtain the broad level of knowledge required for certification to provide housing counseling services under hud programs.
Hud published the final rule for housing counseling certification in the federal register on december 14 2016 revising the regulations governing huds housing counseling program 24 cfr.