• The Association of Housing Counselors (TAHC) is an organization of Housing Counselors and other professionals committed to promoting housing counseling.

• TAHC's mission is to increase the availability of resources and training opportunities for counselors, thereby increasing the number of qualified counselors and enhancing the quality of service delivery to clients. 

• TAHC certifies Housing Counselors in North and South Carolina.

• TAHC was originally organized in 1994 in North Carolina as an outgrowth of a housing counseling task force that was convened to develop a Housing Counseling training program.

• TAHC participants who successfully complete two 20-hour classes and pass the two exams are designated as certified.

• TAHC provides continuing education opportunities to enable certified Housing Counselors to "renew" their two-year certification.