Benefiting Organizations

Full adoption of standards throughout the industry will create a high level of quality and professionalism that current and future clients will come to recognize and expect. High standards encourage excellence and help guide professional conduct and decision-making in the field.

Organizations, practitioners, and aspiring and existing homeowners benefit from the standards in a number of ways.

National Industry Standards help organizations to:

  • Promote sustainability for homeownershipin the community
  • Create consistencies in content delivered to clients across the nation
  • Raise awareness for the organization and homeownership counseling/education field
  • Gain the public's trust
  • Encourage practitioners to perform to the highest level of professionalism
  • Promote sustainability for organizations that adopt the standards by reassuring funders and fee-paying clients of the quality and consistency of their services
  • Allow consumers to identify organizations that adopt the standards to ensure they are receiving high quality, ethical service
  • Elevate the industry reputation for quality service delivery

Organizations are encouraged to endorse and adopt the National Industry Standards.

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