NeighborhoodLIFT Approved Education Providers
NeighborWorks Home Partners is fully approved to provide all counseling and homebuyer education services for the NeighborhoodLIFT down payment assistance program. Buyers who take Framework online education must also complete a one-hour, 1-on-1 counseling appointment. Buyers purchasing a multi-unit property must also complete Landlord Education before closing on the property (not before applying for the program.)
Register for Home Stretch
You are not required to work with NeighborWorks Home Partners to receive your homebuyer education. Below is a list of approved providers. All agencies provide classes in English and additional languages as noted.
Approved Homebuyer Education providers:
NeighborWorks Home Partners *Hmong
African Development Center *Arabic, Somali, Swahili
Anoka County Community Action Program
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Carver County Housing and Community Redevelopment Authority
Community Action Partnership Hennepin County *Spanish
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio *Spanish
Dakota County Community Development Agency
Framework Online Education (one hour of in-person counseling required – all organizations on this list are approved counseling providers for this service.)
HAP *Hmong
Kootasca Community Action, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services (LSS) (option for Framework one-on-one counseling)
Model Cities Community Development Corporation
Neighborhood Development Alliance (NeDA) *Spanish
One Roof Community Housing
PRG, Inc.
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership *Spanish
Three Rivers Community Action, Inc. *Spanish, Swahili
Urban League Twin Cities
Washington County Community Development Agency
West Central Minnesota Communities Action
