Building Financial Confidence. Creating Opportunities. Opening Doors to Homeownership.
At St. Martin Center, we believe everyone deserves the knowledge, tools, and support to build a secure financial future. Our FREE financial education classes and personalized counseling services help Erie individuals and families strengthen their financial skills, improve credit, manage debt, and work toward achieving financial stability and homeownership.
Whether you're looking to create a budget, improve your credit score, or purchase your first home, our experienced counselors are here to guide you every step of the way.
FREE Financial & Housing Education Classes
Credit & Budgeting
Take Control of Your Money. Build a Stronger Financial Future.
Our FREE Credit & Budgeting classes provide practical tools to help individuals and families make informed financial decisions and develop healthy money management habits.
Topics include:
- Creating and managing a household budget
- Understanding and improving credit
- Reducing and managing debt
- Building savings and planning for the future
- Setting and achieving personal financial goals
Classes are offered in a welcoming group setting, with the opportunity to schedule FREE, confidential one-on-one counseling. Our counselors can help you develop a personalized budget, create a credit improvement plan, and take meaningful steps toward greater financial independence.
Rent Ready — Coming Soon!
Knowledge Is the Key to Successful Renting!
Our upcoming Rent Ready class is designed to help individuals and families prepare for successful renting and long-term housing stability.
Planned topics include understanding rental applications, budgeting for rent and utilities, reviewing lease agreements, understanding tenant rights and responsibilities, and building positive relationships with landlords.
Stay tuned for additional information about class availability.
St. Martin Center promotes Fair Housing. The Fair Housing Act is a Federal law that protects people from housing discrimination based on the basis of: race, color, national, origin, sex, religion, disability, and familial status (familial status means the presence of children under 18 in a household, pregnant women or anyone in the process of adopting or securing legal custody of a child). You can report discrimination at 267-419-8918, info@equalhousing.org, or through equalhousing.org.
Notification of the right to interpretation services will be included on all announcements for meetings/appointments/workshops to which clients or the public are invited to participate when necessary in order to address special language or communication needs that may arise. TTY services may be utilized for clients who are hearing impaired.
Federal nondiscrimination laws define a person with a disability to include any (1) individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) individual with a record of such impairment; or (3) individual who is regarded as having such an impairment.
