{"id":729,"date":"2024-10-28T05:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweredideas.com\/HCG\/?p=729"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:53:59","slug":"housing-consultants-group-celebrates-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweredideas.com\/HCG\/housing-consultants-group-celebrates-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Consultants Group Celebrates 20th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”514″ css=””][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1022267305\/048f56355b” css=””][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\"\"Greensboro, NC \u2013 Housing Consultants Group (HCG), based in Guilford County, is celebrating 20 years of guiding paths to financial wellness and homeownership in and around the greater Greensboro community. Since 2004, more than 13,000 people in Guilford, Alamance and surrounding rural counties have received housing and foreclosure counseling services, financial education and homebuyer education. HCG works with corporate sponsors, professionals in the real estate industry, and experts in housing and financial arenas to ensure those in need of their services have access to them. For more information, call 336-553-0946 or visit housingconsultantsgroup.org.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been a wonderful and rewarding adventure helping build this organization,\u201d<\/p>\n

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said Sofia Crisp, Housing Consultants Group, Founder and CEO, \u201cand although we are celebrating our 20th anniversary now, we’re not celebrating for too long. We have much more work to do!\u201d Housing Consultants Group was established in 2004 as a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n

HCG\u2019s mission is to increase and improve financial capability and enhance the potential for wealth creation through investing, banking, financial relationships, and homeownership. Services are tailored to assist diverse populations based on demographical statistics to assist adults\u2014 particularly the unemployed, underemployed, dislocated workers, unbanked, and under-banked populations\u2014in learning the basics of handling their money and finances, including how to create positive relationships with financial institutions. HCG provides services to families in the Piedmont\/Triad and surrounding rural areas of North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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HCG is a HUD-approved Housing Counseling Agency and therefore offers one-to-one individual counseling and coaching. They work with partnerships in the community and with other nonprofits to facilitate and ensure that program participants acquire the requisite skills to move towards long-term, economic self-sufficiency, financial capability, and sustainable homeownership. Key accomplishments over 20 years include:<\/p>\n