Georgia Department of Community Affairs – Georgia Housing Finance Authority

Georgia Department of Community Affairs – Georgia Housing Finance Authority provides comprehensive counseling for Housing needs)

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), created in 1977 to serve as an advocate for local governments, merged with the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority (GHFA) and the in 1996. Today, the DCA operates a host of state and federal grant programs; serves as the state‟s lead agency in housing finance and development; promulgates building codes to be adopted by local governments; provides comprehensive planning, technical and research assistance to local governments; and serves as the lead agency for the state‟s solid waste reduction efforts. In Fiscal Year 2009, GHFA provided comprehensive housing counseling services to about 4,200 Georgia clients and through its network of housing counseling agencies, funded and served 14,374 clients.

Website: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/

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