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Housing Counseling Agencies
Delaware housing counseling agencies offer free and low-cost guidance to help you prepare for homeownership and stay in your home.
About housing counseling
A housing counselor can help you prepare to buy a home, understand your mortgage, build a budget, or work through a payment problem — often at no cost to you.
The agencies listed below serve Delaware residents across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties. Contact any agency directly to ask about the services they offer and to make an appointment.
Housing counseling agencies
Eight agencies serve Delaware from offices statewide. Each listing shows the agency’s offices, phone numbers, and website, with county tags based on where its offices are located.
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Clarifi, Inc.
New Castle CountyMain Office
710 North Lincoln Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19805
(215) 563-5665 -
First State Community Action Agency
StatewideMain Office
308 N. Railroad Avenue
Georgetown, Delaware 19947
(800) 372-2240New Castle County Office
19 Lambsons Lane
New Castle, Delaware 19720
(800) 372-2240Kent County Office
655 S. Bay Rd. Suite 4J
Dover, Delaware 19901
(800) 372-2240 -
Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware, Inc.
New Castle CountyMain Office
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 1001
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 429-0794 -
Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware, Inc.
New Castle County Kent CountyWilmington Office
613 N. Washington Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 652-3991Dover Office
500 W. Loockerman Street, Suite 420
Dover, Delaware 19904
(302) 741-0142 -
NeighborGood Partners
StatewideNewark Office
Hudson State Service Center
501 Ogletown Road
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 678-9400Dover Office
363 Saulsbury Road
Dover, Delaware 19904
(302) 678-9400Georgetown Office
110 S. Bedford Street
Georgetown, Delaware 19947
(302) 855-1370 -
Neighborhood House, Inc.
New Castle CountyWilmington Office
1218 B Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 658-5404Middletown Office
811 N. Broad Street, Suite 219
Middletown, Delaware 19709
(302) 378-7217 -
YWCA Delaware
New Castle CountyWilmington Office
709 N. Madison Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(302) 224-4060
empower@ywcade.orgNewark Office
153 E. Chestnut Hill Road, Suite 102
Newark, Delaware 19713
(302) 224-4060
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Telamon, Inc.
Sussex CountyState Administrative Office
25488 Primehook Road, Suite 400
Milton, DE 19968
(302) 934-1642
More counseling resources
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) maintains a national list of approved housing counseling agencies you can search by location.
Questions about this program?
Contact the Housing Delaware homeownership team for help finding a housing counselor.
- (302) 739-4263
- Toll-free (888) 363-8808
- Send an email
