Comprehensive Counseling Programs

Spanish Coalition for Housing’s purpose is to help people become responsible home purchasers and homeowners.  This task is made difficult by the challenges posed from older communities undergoing massive and rapid social change such as disinvestment by lending institutions, deterioration resulting from landlords who cease to maintain properties, abandonment and foreclosure due to lack of proper counseling of property owners, arson, vacant lots and other negative forces.  On the flipside, many Latino populated communities have seen dramatic increasing housing prices.  It is not uncommon for SCH counselors to see house prices in the $350,000 range.  This increase in home prices has created an affordability gap where many families realize their dreams of becoming homeowners.  Last fiscal year, 1077 individuals benefited from various comprehensive homeownership counseling services.