(RECAP: HUD awarded $42 million in grants to provide housing counseling for families attempting to navigate the home buying process. According the the HUD, these “housing counseling grants and the additional funding they leverage will assist more than 1.4 million households find housing, make more informed housing choices, or keep their current homes.” Of this money, $40 million will go directly to existing counseling agencies and organizations. The remaining $2 million will be used to train and certify individual housing counselors.)