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Find out if HUD owes you money! If you had an FHA-insured mortgage, you may
be eligible for a refund of part of your insurance premium or a "distributive share."
See if your name is on the list, and if it is, follow the instructions for getting
your refund. Have you been contacted by someone who asks for a fee in
return for getting you a refund from HUD/FHA? Read our Refund Alert.
If you need help figuring out your housing options or if you are
having problems making your mortgage payments, you can
contact one of the HUD-approved housing counseling agencies in your
community. We also provide a toll free number for referral to a housing
counseling agency.
If your income is low, if you are homeless or know someone who is
homeless, or if you have other special needs that make finding housing
difficult, find out what kinds of assistance are available.
Information on how to buy a home, including Federal programs that can
make homebuying easier. If you are buying a home, check out these
listings of homes for sale by the Federal government. Learn about public
housing and other housing assistance programs.
HUD has many of its own forms available for downloading. If the
form you seek is not available, you can order it online and it will be
mailed to you. HUD has toll free telephone numbers for information on
buying a home, fair housing, research and policy, and more:
Learn how your community plans to spend its Federal dollars.
Do you have comments or suggestions? Send them to the person listed
as your community's "contact".
You'll find a substantial array of research, publications, and other
information on housing, economic development, and communities in HUD's
research library.