KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. is receiving a share of a $1.087 million housing counseling grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for organizations in Michigan.
The funds will be distributed to 24 HUD-approved housing counseling agencies across Michigan to support their critical work to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on housing, maintain housing stability by helping families with foreclosure and rental eviction prevention, and give residents tools to make informed housing choices. The dollar amount wasn’t announced for individual organizations.
HUD-approved counseling agencies provide services to address a full range of housing counseling needs. This includes assisting homebuyers in evaluating their readiness for a home purchase and navigating through the homebuying process, finding affordable rental housing, offering financial literacy training to individuals and families, and providing foreclosure prevention counseling.
The agencies also support emergency preparedness and disaster recovery efforts by helping those experiencing homelessness find transitional housing.
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