Financial Literacy & Housing Counseling
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As a HUD-approved counseling agency, GROWTH has experienced, certified professionals to help guide you to make the right choices based on your financial situation and housing needs. As an Equal Opportunity Provider, our services are free for Illinois residents, of any age or income and includes:
GROWTH's HUD-approved housing counselors help set up action plans for clients to identify goals, identify follow up activities, and establish a timeline. GROWTH's Housing Counselor will work individually with clients to do a comprehensive analysis of the individual's situation and goals and recommend the best plan of action. These plans are client-specific and are confidential. Getting started with us is EASY! We offer endless options of communication- from over the phone, video conference, or in person using current health and safety guidelines. No matter what, we are here to help you. Connect with us to see how we can help you grow with GROWTH. We are here to help you. |
Call (309) 788-6311 and speak with one of our HUD-certified housing counselors. Se habla Espanol.
Meet in-person with one of our HUD-approved housing counselors. GROWTH follows and adheres to current CDC guidelines and ensure all COVID-protocols are in place prior to meeting.
We can also schedule a virtual meeting with you to go over your housing counseling needs.
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VIDEO: Introduction to Housing Counseling & Financial Literacy
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This video explains GROWTH's financial literacy and housing counseling services, which are free for Illinois residents, of any age or income and includes:
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VIDEO: HOUSING COUNSELING
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GROWTH has been a HUD-certified housing counseling agency since 2003 to further its mission to ensure all individuals have equal access to safe, fair, and affordable housing.
This video shows how GROWTH and its housing counselors address topics relevant to clients needs. GROWTH has certified housing counselors on staff who are able to provide individualized financial literacy and housing counseling that can assist them in their individual circumstances. Our counselors are trained and certified on a regular basis. In all cases, individuals are provided information on fair housing rights and guidance on your fair housing related concerns |
VIDEO: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CREDIT
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What exactly goes into your credit score? Why is it important? And why should we pay attention to it? At GROWTH, we are here to help you understand your credit score, and turn it around to get it back in good shape. This video explains the importance of credit and five main factors that go into your credit score.
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VIDEO: HUD-Approved HOusing Counseling Agency- What is it?
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GROWTH is a HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency that can provide advice on buying a home, financial literacy, and credit issues.
This video first explains what it means to be a HUD approved housing counseling agency. With four HUD certified housing counselors on staff, GROWTH is able to provide an impressive array of housing programs and services. We provide:
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VIDEO: POST PURCHASE EDUCATION
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You’ve bought your home, now what?
GROWTH offers Post Purchase education that is designed to help you understand what happens after you move into your home. earn about financial planning for your new home’s expenses, expected maintenance costs, tax benefits, and how we can help if financial hardship happens unexpectedly. |
VIDEO: BUDGETING
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Everyone needs a budget. Creating and sticking to a budget is the single best thing you can do to create a brighter financial future.
Reward yourself by putting money away each month by saving for larger purchases will help reinforce your long term savings goal and will give you an added bonus of personal financial achievement. GROWTH is here to help you step-by-step set up a budget that works for you and your goals. |
VIDEO: GOAL SETTING
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We all have goals but do you have a concrete plan to achieve them? This video walks through the basic steps to set the goals in which you wish to achieve both in the short-term and the long-term.
In order to turn your financial goals into a reality, you need a plan. Housing and financial issues are critical to the wellbeing of a family, yet they seem to get more and more complicated. Whether your goal is to buy your dream house, or to save the home you have, our HUD certified counselors are here to help you create an individualized client action plan that will help us discern your housing goals, and the obstacles that may be impeding you to achieve that housing goal, and ways we recommend to overcome such obstacles. |
VIDEO: FORECLOSURE PREVENTION
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Are you struggling to make mortgage payments or facing foreclosure?
GROWTH wants you to know we are to here to help. As a HUD-approved housing counseling agency, GROWTH is here to provide options to help save your home, and we will help you through those options, for free. We understand that facing foreclosure is very personal. People are very vulnerable and think they have no control over what happens once they get that notice letter from the lender. We know many people may experience shame and never want to reach out in fear of being judged. We know that people would rather ignore, rather than answer, their lenders contact attempts. GROWTH provides foreclosure prevention counseling using empathy as its first measure to help people who are living in extreme fear for their future and their housing situation. With that knowledge, GROWTH is here to truly help you--- judgement free—to get you in a better place. |
Contact Economic Growth Corporation today to schedule time with one of our HUD-certified housing counselors.
Services are provided for free or Illinois residents.
Call (309) 788-6311 or info@growthcorp.org today.
Services are provided for free or Illinois residents.
Call (309) 788-6311 or info@growthcorp.org today.
