|SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|Washington, D.C.  20549                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|FORM 10-K                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|For the transition period from ______ to _______                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|Commission File Nos. 333-36405-02                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|HOUSEHOLD CONSUMER LOAN TRUST 1997-2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|(Exact name of Registrant as specified in Department                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|Of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service Form SS-4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|(Servicer of the Trust)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|(Exact name as specified in Servicer's charter)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|DELAWARE(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation of Servicer)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|2700 SANDERS ROAD, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS         60070                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|(Address of principal executive offices of Servicer)                        (Zip Code)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|Servicer's telephone number, including area code (847) 564-5000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
|Yes X          No _____                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|The aggregate principal amount of the Notes held by non-affiliates of the Master Servicer as of December 31, 2000 was approximately $1.1 Billion.                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|INTRODUCTORY NOTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-2 (the "Issuer") is the issuer of Household Consumer Loan Asset-Backed Notes, Series 1997-2 (the "Notes") were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of November 1, 1997 between the Issuer and The
Bank of New York, as indenture trustee.  The Notes were secured by a participation interest (the "Series 1997-2 Participation") in certain consumer loan receivables held by Household Consumer Loan Deposit Trust I (the "Deposit Trust").  The Deposit Trust
was formed pursuant to a Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1995, by and among Household Consumer Loan Corporation, as Seller (the "Seller"), Household Finance Corporation, as servicer (the Servicer") and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
N. A., as deposit trustee (the "Deposit Trustee").
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|The Issuer was formed pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of November 1, 1997 (the "Trust Agreement") between the Seller and The Chase Manhattan Bank Delaware, as owner trustee (the "Owner Trustee").  In addition to the Notes,
pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Issuer also issued the Household Consumer Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 1997-2 (the "Certificates") which were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|On behalf of the Issuer Household Finance Corporation, as Administrator, has prepared this Form 10-K in reliance upon various no-action letters issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to other trusts which
are substantially similar to the Issuer.  Items designated herein as "Not Applicable" have been omitted as a result of this reliance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|PART I                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|Item 1.	Business.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 2.	Properties.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 3.	Legal Proceedings.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|The Master Servicer is not aware of any material pending legal proceedings involving either the Registrant, the Trustee, the Seller or the Master Servicer with respect to the Certificates or the Registrant's property.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|No vote or consent of the holders of the Noteholders (the "Noteholders") was solicited for any purpose during the year ended December 31, 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|PART II                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|To the best knowledge of the Master Servicer, there is no established public trading market for the Notes.  As of February 28, 2001, there were 10 Class A-1 Noteholders, 3 Class A-2 Noteholders, and 6 Class A-3 Noteholders, some of whom may be holding
Notes  for the accounts of others.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Item 6.	Selected Financial Data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|None.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|PART III                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|Item 10.	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 11.	Executive Compensation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|The following table sets forth (i) the name and address of each entity which holds of record more than 5% of the outstanding principal amount of the Class A-1, Class A-2  and Class A-3 Notes, (ii) the principal amount of Notes owned by each, and (iii)
the percent that the principal amount of Notes owned represents of the outstanding principal amount.  The information set forth in the table is based upon information obtained by the Master Servicer from the Trustee and from The Depository Trust Company
as of February 28, 2001.  The Master Servicer is not aware of any Schedules 13D or 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of the Notes.                                                                                                                               
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|Name and Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Class A-1 Noteholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Bank of New York
925 Patterson Plank Road
Secaucus, NY 07094                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
c/o Mellon Bank N.A.
Three Mellon Bank Center, Room 153-3015
Pittsburgh, PA 15259                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Chase Manhattan Bank
4 New York Plaza, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|HSBC Bank USA/Republic Investment Account
452 5th Ave., 14th Floor
New York, NY 10018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|State Street Bank and Trust Company
Global Corp. Action Unit JAB 5NW
1776 Heritage Drive
No. Quincy, MA 02171                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|UBS Warburg LLC/CMO
677 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06901                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Name and Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Class A-2 Noteholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Bank of New York
925 Patterson Plank Road
Secaucus, NY 07094                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Bank One Trust Company, N.A.
1900 Polaris Parkway, 4th Floor
Columbus, OH 43240                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
c/o Mellon Bank N.A.
Three Mellon Bank Center, Room 153-3015
Pittsburgh, PA 15259                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|Class A-3 Noteholders                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Bank of New York
925 Patterson Plank Road
Secaucus, NY 07094                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Bank One Trust Company, N.A.
1900 Polaris Parkway, 4th Floor
Columbus, OH 43240                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
c/o Mellon Bank N.A.
Three Mellon Bank Center, Room 153-3015
Pittsburgh, PA 15259                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Chase Manhattan Bank
4 New York Plaza, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Citibank, N.A.
3800 Citicorp Center Tampa
Tampa, FL 33610-9122                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
733 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55479                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|None or Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|PART IV                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|Item 14.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|(a)	List the following documents filed as a part of the report:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|(1)	Financial Statements                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|(2)	Financial Statement Schedules                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|(3)  The Master Servicer is obligated to prepare an Annual Statement to Noteholders for the year ended December 31, 2000, and Independent Public Accountants are required to prepare an Annual Servicing Report pertaining to the compliance of the Master
Servicer with its servicing obligations pursuant to the Agreement.  Copies of said documents are or will be filed as exhibits to this Form 10-k when they are available.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|(b)	The Registrant filed the following current reports on Form 8-K for the fourth quarter of 2000:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|Date of Reports                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|October 13, 2000
November 14, 2000
December 14, 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|(c)	Exhibit 99.  Copy of Annual Statement to Noteholders for the year 2000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|(d)  Not Applicable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|SIGNATURES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Master Servicer has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf of the Household Consumer Loan Trust 1997-2 by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Dated:  March 28, 2001                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|Exhibit Index                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Exhibit No.
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