Comprehensive Housing Counseling

The process of becoming a home owner can be overwhelming to first-time home buyers. The Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) provides pre-purchase counseling to potential home buyers, renter education to renters, and post-purchase counseling to home owners across the state. As part of the counseling, credit action plans are developed for individuals who need to resolve their barriers to housing before becoming home owners.

A Home Buyer Education Class

IDS provides counseling to individuals with disabilities and families who have family members with disabilities living in their home. IDS provides telephone or face-to-face housing counseling in different areas of the state via

One-on-one pre-purchase homebuyer counseling
Section 8 home ownership voucher counseling
Group setting homebuyer education
One-on-one or group renter education

Comprehensive Housing Counseling is funded through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and a sub-recipient grant awarded by the Mississippi Home Corporation via support from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

For more information, contact:

Coordinator for Housing Initiatives
Telephone: 601.266.5163
Toll Free and TTY: 1.888.671.0051

Housing Initiatives

Previous issues

MS Home of Your Own

Home Investment Partnership Program - City of Jackson

Home of Your Own - Delta

Shelter for All

MS United to End Homelessness

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) Disability Initiative

Comprehensive Housing Counseling Affiliate

Neighborhood Stabilization Program

MS Fair Housing

Home of Your Own - IDA (Archived)

Point In Time (PIT) Count (Archived)

Project Bridge (Archived)

Housing FACT Sheets


	HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency
	Certificate of Appreciation from HUD
	Certificate of Adoption

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