Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs - Building Homes and Strengthening Communities

Texas Statewide Homebuyer Education Program (TSHEP)

Legislative Overview

In 1997, the 75th Texas Legislature passed HB 2577, which charged the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) with the development and implementation of a statewide homebuyer education program, designed to provide information and counseling to prospective homebuyers about the home buying process. The Texas Statewide Homebuyer Education Program (TSHEP) was created to fulfill this mandate.

Training and Certification Program

To ensure uniform quality of the homebuyer education provided throughout the state, TDHCA contracted with the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, dba NeighborWorks America to teach local nonprofit organizations the principles and applications of comprehensive pre- and post purchase homebuyer education, and to certify participants as providers. To date close to 400 individuals have been certified as homebuyer education providers by the Texas Statewide Homebuyer Education Program.

Consumer Referral Service

Citizens in need of homebuyer education/credit counseling assistance are provided with a list of certified providers in their respective area of the state. This assistance is provided upon request by calling 1-800-792-1119 or by searching with the assistance locator.

More Information

For more information regarding the Texas Statewide Homebuyer Education Program please call (512) 475-3993.