Technical Support

HUD published the Final Rule for Housing Counseling Certification in the Federal Register on December 14, 2016. This rule implements statutory requirements that housing counseling required under or provided in connection with all HUD programs will be provided by HUD-Certified Housing Counselors.

User Account - Password Reset

If you are unable to recall your password, enter your account email in the Forgot Password? tool. Within a few minutes, you will receive an email with a link to verify that you are the account owner. You will need to set a new account password after email verification. Support does not assign or have access to user passwords. 

User Account - Creation

To create an account on HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov, select "Sign Up" at the top of the page and enter the information required: 

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Email address*
  • State

Then, select the "Create new account" button at the bottom of the form. Verify your email to complete your registration.

User Account - Unlocked

Dear Counselor,

Your account has been manually unlocked.

Please note that the Forgot Password? tool will send a message to your email with a link to verify you as the account holder. The password reset does not provide a new password, and you will need to set a new account password after email verification.

User Account - Webassessor

Dear Counselor,

After signing in to the HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov site, users are not required to enter username and password credentials to access Webassessor. Your HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov user account automatically logs you into Webassessor.

There is a known browser error in which candidates are sometimes kicked out of Webassessor and asked to log back in.

User Account - Name Updates

Dear Counselor,

The exam registration instructions and your confirmation email both state that your exam registration must match your government-issued ID. 

First, you must update your name in your HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov User Profile by logging into your account and selecting "Edit" on the User Profile Dashboard.

Next, you must transfer the update to Kryterion's Webassessor site. In order to transmit the new information to Webassessor: 

User Account - Confirmation Email

To complete your account creation on HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov, you will receive an email to verify your email address. If you do not receive a verification email within several minutes of creating your account, check your Spam or Junk folders to make sure the email was not misdirected.

If you are still experiencing an issue or are unable to access your account, please contact us at HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov/Support.

User Account - Username

For your account on HUDHousingCounselors.hud.gov, the “username” is the email address used to register for the account. If you receive an error while signing in, make sure:

  • You are using the correct email address
  • There are no blank spaces or other characters in the text box for the email address
  • Your email address is not being autofilled by your browser.

DRAFT - Multiple Accounts

Check for a second Coursera account

If you've signed in to Coursera with different email addresses, you may have accidentally made multiple accounts.

To check for another account with a different email address: