Trainings & Events
Each year, our Housing Action Training Center brings a robust lineup of trainings for nonprofit housing professionals, with a specific focus on educating housing counselors.
We also host an annual conference, annual benefit, member events, webinars, and gatherings to educate participants about key housing issues and policy campaigns.
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Upcoming Trainings & Events
Housing Counseling Career Path – Virtual
Brought in partnership with Joliet Junior College
April 7–9 & 14–16 (Six Sessions) | 1:00 pm–3:30 pm CT
Registration: $300 | Register »
10th Annual Toast to Housing Justice – Chicago
April 23 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT
Registration: $40 | Register »
Supporting Client Recovery Before, During, and After Disasters
May 11-13 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm CT
Registration: $150 | Register »
Housing Counseling CMS Developer Summit
Brought in partnership with the National Housing Resource Center
May 14 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm CT
Registration: Free | Register »
Beyond Certification: Practical Strategies for Counseling Clients – Milwaukee
June 22-24 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CT
Registration: $500 | Register »
Becoming a HECM-Certified Housing Counselor – Milwaukee
Brought in partnership with NCRC
June 22-24 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CT
Registration: $500 | Register »
HUD-Aligned Loss Mitigation Fundamentals
Brought in partnership with The TJ Group
July 16 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CT
Registration: $75 | Register »
Career Path Summer Camp
Brought in partnership with Joliet Junior College and Moraine Valley Community College
July 21-23 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm & 1:30 pm – 4:00pm CT
Registration: $300| Register »
Supporting Housing Counselors’ Well-Being
Brought in partnership with Cora Fulmore
August 19 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm CT
Registration: $75 | Register »
On-Demand Trainings
Recognizing the need for housing counselors to have flexible and dynamic learning opportunities, we’ve launched our first on-demand training opportunity, Compliance Matters: The 2024 Definitive HUD Data Compliance Course for HUD-Certified Housing Counselors.
Note: New enrollments for Compliance Matters are on pause to accommodate scheduled maintenance and updates, ensuring the course meets the highest standards and reflects the most current HUD requirements. We are excited to relaunch an updated, enhanced version of the course after the next HUD Handbook update.
Pre-Recorded Trainings
Scholarship Applications
Our Housing Action Training Center offers a limited number of training scholarships for housing counselors who work for HUD-approved agencies.
Reasonable Accommodations
Please submit all requests for reasonable accommodations when you register for a training. We will do our best to meet all requests, but to ensure that your request can be met, we ask that you let us know at least one week in advance. Questions?
Many of our trainings are now virtual, hosted through Zoom, enabling participants from across the nation to join us.
Thanks to everyone who joined us in June 2025 for our in-person Program Manager Bootcamp in Milwaukee, WI.
Housing Matters Conference
Each year, we bring together 300+ housing professionals who care about expanding and protecting affordable housing and ending homelessness in Illinois.
Save the Date: We’re looking forward to going to the I Hotel in Champaign, IL for our 2026 Housing Matters Conference! Mark your calendar for September 29–30, 2026.
