Impacts of Homeownership Education and Counseling on Homebuyer Purchasing Power

This study tests an approach to quantifying this benefit by estimating the amount of increased purchasing power that results from homeownership education and counseling. While the results are preliminary, they provide early suggestive evidence that high-performing homeownership education and counseling agencies may provide quantifiable benefits that exceed their costs of assistance. The study also makes recommendations for how data could be collected on a more systematic basis to track and assess these benefits.

• View a one-page summary of the study and its findings (PDF)
  
  
• View the full report:
  Impacts of Homeownership Education and Counseling on Homebuyer Purchasing Power: Summary of Findings (PDF)
  
  
•  View supplementary case studies:
  
• Homewise, Santa Fe, NM (PDF)
• INHP, Indianapolis, IN (PDF)