Registration No. 333-02161
                                         Rule 424 (b)(2)

PRICING SUPPLEMENT No. 27 Dated June 4, 1996 (To Prospectus dated
April 10, 1996)

                              $3,000,000,000

        H O U S E H O L D  F I N A N C E  C O R P O R A T I O N

                            Medium Term Notes

                Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue
                            ________________

Principal Amount:  $20,000,000

Price to Public:   100%              Proceeds to HFC:  99.741%    
    
Issue Date: June 7, 1996        Stated Maturity:  June 9, 2003
  
Redeemable On or After:      Not Applicable

Interest Rate:   7.23%               

Interest Payment Dates:  On the 15th of May and November and the
        Stated Maturity, commencing on November 15, 1996.  If said day
        is not a Business Day, payments shall be made on the next
        succeeding Business Day.

Regular Record Date:  The date fifteen (15) calendar days (whether
        or not a Business Day) prior to each Interest Payment Date or
        the Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

Agent:  Merrill Lynch & Co., as principal
        
Agent's Discount or Commission:  0.259%


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