WHY CHOOSE US?

CREDIBILITY WHERE IT COUNTS

1972

Agency founded – named “Topeka Housing Complaint Center”

1978

Name changed to “Topeka Housing Information Center”

1983

Started business over after losing all grant funding for a year

1985

Credit counseling services added 

1986

First year of United Way funding

1988

Name changed to “Housing and Credit Counseling Inc”

1988

Lawrence office opened

1992

Manhattan office opened (2017 would have been 25th Anniversary – Closed December 2016)

1992

TOTO (Topeka Opportunity To Own) partnership initiated

1992

Homebuyer counseling added

1996

TOTO 150th home purchased

1996

Emporia CCCS opened in January (Closed in April 2010)

1998

National accreditation was received from Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children

2004

Legislation to regulate the Consumer Credit Counseling/debt repayment industry passed the Kansas Legislature

2005

Kansas Department of Corrections contracts with HCCI for re-entry education counseling and education

2006

Education Expansion began with 5 new programs

2008

TOTO 350th home purchased

2010

HCCI receives national PACE Award of Excellence for financial literacy education program

2010

HCCI receives State Ad Astra Award for TOTO Homebuyer Program

2012

TOTO 400th home purchased

2012

HCCI celebrating 40 years in business

2015

HCCI celebrating 30 years of credit counseling services

2015

HCCI receives Non-Profit Award of Distinction from GO Topeka

2017

HCCI celebrating 45 years in business

2017

HCCI celebrating 25 years of homebuyer counseling and TOTO partnership

2017

TOTO 450th home purchased

2020

HCCI is an essential service providing free counseling by phone and internet throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Natural attrition of five long-time counselors due to retirement and career moves – new staff hired and trained

2022

HCCI celebrates 50 years in business since founding in 1972

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