Housing Assistance

Get counseling at TRI-CAP for all your housing and financial education needs….

TRI-CAP offers services to guide and assist you to become financially fit.  We offer HUD certified pre-purchase education courses, budgeting and credit counseling, financial literacy seminars, and  mortgage default, delinquency, and foreclosure prevention assistance.

Pre-Purchase Homebuyer Education

TRI-CAP offers in person training as well as self guided workshops for first time homebuyers.  You can choose which options works best for your busy schedule.   The in person workshops are taught by a state and nationally certified instructor and offer a comprehensive 8-hour course preparing the first time home buyer for the home buying process.  The course covers such topics as selecting a mortgage, selecting a home, key documents in the home buying process, and post-purchase education.  If interested in the online homebuyer education course click here: https://app.ehomeamerica.org/tri-cap .  Both courses provide you with a certificate of completion that may be required by your lender to purchase a home.

Budgeting/Credit Counseling

TRI-CAP offers budget and credit counseling to the community. This service is offered free of charge to anyone requesting the service.  A counselor will meet with each client on a one-on-one basis and evaluate the client’s individual situation.  The counselor and client will work together to create short and long term goals to reduce the amount of debt the client has and create a plan to develop savings and assets.  Upon request, the counselor can also evaluate a client’s credit history and provide suggestions to improve the credit score.   Please contact your local TRI-CAP office to schedule an appointment.

Mortgage and Foreclosure Assistance

Avoid foreclosure and keep your home!  Our trained HUD Certified Housing Counselors can provide assistance to homeowners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.  We work with you and your mortgage company to find a solution that can prevent foreclosure.  All of our foreclosure prevention services are provided at no cost to you.  Please contact your local TRI-CAP office for more information.

For additional information on all the Housing Assistance services listed above, contact Justin Collins, Housing Assistance Coordinator:  (812) 354-8721; Justin.Collins@tri-cap.net 

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