Homebuyer Workshops & Counseling
Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC) provides workshops and counseling to prepare you for every step on your path to homeownership.


Homebuyer Workshops
Our Home Stretch Workshops can help you determine if you’re ready to own a home and make a plan to get there. Home Stretch Workshops were developed by the Minnesota Homeownership Center and explore every step of the homebuying process, including the mortgage process, shopping for a home, and overcoming barriers from credit debt, income, and savings.
CAP-HC’s Home Stretch Workshops are open to the public. Advanced registration is required, and the $40 workshop fee can be waived for income-eligible households.
Still have questions? Email us at homebuyereducation@caphennepin.org or call us at 952-933-9639.
Homebuyer Counseling
Dreaming of owning your own home? HUD-certified counselors from CAP-HC can help you understand the process from start to finish. A counselor can help you:
- Review your credit and finances so you know how close you are to homeownership and how to make it the rest of the way
- Understand the homebuyer process, including the mortgage process and programs that can make it easier to buy a home sooner
- Create a plan to achieve your dream of owning your own home
Homebuyer Counseling is open to all Hennepin County residents. Schedule your counseling session with a HUD-certified counselor today!


Program Standards
Home Stretch meets or exceeds the standards for the following agencies and programs:
Homebuyer Counseling
Dream of owning your own home but don’t know where to start? Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County’s (CAP-HC’s) homeownership counseling can help!
HUD*-certified Housing Counselors work with clients to determine homebuyer readiness by reviewing finances, checking your credit report, and creating a budget. Then counselors help clients develop an action plan to achieve their homeownership goals. Whether you are thinking about purchasing a home some day or have already found your dream home, our Housing Counselors are available to answer your questions.
A counselor can help you with the following mortgage readiness steps:
- Review your finances
- Review credit (FREE credit report)
- Make a credit improvement plan if needed
- Explain the mortgage process
- Determine the amount of mortgage you may be eligible for
- Identify mortgage loans and down payment assistance programs you may be eligible for.
- Make referrals to lenders approved for 1st-time homebuyer programs
Schedule your counseling session with a HUD*-certified Housing Counselor today!
*U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For more information about HUD’s housing counseling, click here.
Eligibility
Homebuyer Counseling is open to all Hennepin County residents.
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Homebuyer Workshops
Based on the Home Stretch curriculum developed by Minnesota Homeownership Center, these workshops explore the cost of renting versus owning; overcoming credit debt, income, or savings barriers; the mortgage application process, and more!
Cost: $40
Saturday, March 8
- 9am-5:30pm
- Online
Saturday, April 5
- 9am-5:30pm
- Online
Saturday, May 10
- 9am-5:30pm
- Online
Saturday, June 7
- 9am-5:30pm
- Online