Registration No. 333-75328 Rule 424(b)(3)
Pricing Supplement			Pricing Supplement Number 17 (c) Dated Monday, May 20, 2002
CUSIP Number	Principle Amount		Gross Concession	Net Proceeds	Coupon Rate	Coupon Frequency		Maturity Date
44181EHQ4	$9,582,000.00		1.500%	$9,438,270.00	6.650%	Monthly		5/15/2012
1st Coupon Date	1st Coupon Amount		Survivors Option	Product Ranking		Moodys Rating		S & P Rating
6/15/2002	$4.06		YES	Senior Unsecured Notes		A2		A
Redemption Information: Callable at 100.000% on 5/15/2004 and every coupon date thereafter. Joint Lead Managers and Lead Agents: Banc of America Securities LLC, INCAPITAL LLC. Agents: A.G Edwards & Sons, Inc., Edward D. Jones & Co. L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets, First Union Securities, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., UBS Paine Webber. The HFC InterNotes will be subject to redemption at the option of Household Finance Corporation in whole on the interest payment date occurring any time on or after 05/15/2004 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the HFC InterNotes, plus accrued interest thereon, if any, upon at least 30 days prior notice to the noteholder and the trustee, as described in the prospectus.
If the maturity date or an interest payment date for any note is not a Business Day (as term is defined in Prospectus), principal, premium, if any, and interest for that note is paid on the next Business Day, and no interest will accrue from, and after, the maturity date or interest payment date.
Household Finance Corp. 2700 Sanders Road Prospect Heights, IL 60070		Trade Date: Monday, May 20, 2002 @12:00 PM ET Settlement Date: Thursday, May 23, 2002 All products sell at 100% par. Minimum Denomination/Increments: $1,000.00/$1,000.00 All Trade Settle Flat and clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry Only DTCNumber: 0262 via BNY Clearing Services, LLC InterNotes(SM) is the service mark of Incapital, LLC. All rights reserved.					Household Finance Corporation $3,000,000,000 HFC InterNotes Prospectus Dated 17-Jan-02 Page 1 of 1