HUD PUBLISHES INTERIM FINAL RULE TO DELAY HOUSING COUNSELOR Certification until 8/1/2021

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published an Interim Final Rule to announce a delay in the deadline for housing counselors to become HUD certified. This interim rule amends the time period in which to become certified to a new deadline of August 1, 2021The pause is meant to ensure that vital housing counseling services remain available to the nation’s homebuyers and renters, particularly those who need housing and mortgage assistance to recover financially from the effects of the COVID-19 emergency. The Interim Final Rule is published for comment in the Federal Register:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/08/05/2020-17138/housing-counseling-program-revision-of-the-certification-timeline