Our family is extremely grateful for HPP Cares and for Katherine Peoples' leadership, willingness to share her wealth of knowledge, and professionalism. This organization is providing invaluable services to communities that have historically been redlined and excluded from homeownership and building real estate portfolios & generational wealth.My mother and I attended a webinar led by Katherine to learn "how to ADU" and thereafter we became CALHFA grant recipients, which was a huge help in offsetting our pre-construction costs. We primarily interacted with Katherine, Nancy Ruiz, and Diana Chan. Anytime we needed guidance in the process or help with a request related to our project, they responded promptly and were so helpful and kind. Our dream has come to fruition and we now have a 1,200 sq ft, two-story ADU that meets the needs of our growing family. The ADU process is definitely not for the faint of heart, but HPP Cares prepared us so that we understood what to expect and how to navigate the process from design & permits, to finance, through construction.I highly recommend this organization and appreciate all that they are doing to help promote homeownership and its preservation in our communities. We can not thank Katherine Peoples and her team enough for all they have done to assist our family.
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HPP CARES CDE is a California nonprofit HUD Approved consumer credit, debt, and housing counseling agency. Our organization understands the challenges the average consumer faces when it comes to being overextended with financial constraints such as debt. Knowing this, we are committed to educating consumers with an emphasis on financial literacy. Our certified HUD Approved housing counselors provide personal assistance through budget counseling, housing counseling, and debt management strategies to lower interest rates and monthly payments. We can address the issues at hand by improving access to credit for low-to-moderate income and historically underserved communities (BIPOC) households through qualified programs that identify and support them. These include but are not limited to affordable housing, homeownership, small business technical assistance, financial literacy, and economic development, ultimately establishing the framework needed for sustaining communities, neighborhoods, and households. It is unfortunate that in 2022 essential skills regarding the management of household finances are lacking in K-12 education. A lack of financial literacy leads many consumers to learn these lessons the hard way, putting them in difficult positions that can be tough to recover from. To further address existing issues, our agency implements the latest multilingual technology bridging the divide to ensure consumers from any background have access to the resources and knowledge they need to make sound decisions and better their financial situations.See more
