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Garfield Park Community Council provides services that help property managers, tenants and homeowners faced with eviction or renting an apartment by providing counseling and legal assistance through partnerships with Metropolitans Tenants' Organization and the Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing.

Services

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
One-to-one pre-purchase and post-purchase counseling and home buyer workshops to educate home buyers.
Offers Credit and Budget Counseling, Education and Counseling for First Time Homebuyers, Foreclosure Prevention Counseling and Emergency Home Improvement Loans.
Free virtual workshops for homebuyers. Workshop is 2 days and both sessions must be attended.
Homebuyer Readiness Program: Provides workshops and coaching to assist individuals in improving finances to reach their goal of homeownership. Feature courses on credit, debt, budgeting, communicating, goals and saving money.
Pre-Purchase Home Buying Workshop and Down Payment Assistance: Provides both pre and post counseling and training, budgeting/money management counseling and may offer down payment assistance for qualified buyers.
Home Ownership Counseling: Provides counseling to prospective homeowners on the purchasing of a home.
Housing Counseling: Program educates clients on the home buying process, addresses barriers to mortgage readiness and makes the client mortgage ready if at all possible.
Home Ownership Counseling: Provides counseling to prospective homeowners on the purchasing of a home.
Offers potential homeowners counseling and training in all aspects of household financial management preparing them to become successful, long-term homeowners.
Provides counseling for home buyers.
CEDA's staff of HUD-certified Housing Counselors are available to assist with foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase, post-purchase, rental counseling, and financial counseling. We can also help identify those who qualify for new COVID-19 rent/mortgage relief programs.

Services

Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Homeless Diversion Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
North West Housing Partnership has partnered with FRAMEWORK to provide an advantageous option for homebuyers to receive homebuyer education online. FRAMEWORK is a HUD-approved online education platform. The fee for the online course is $75.00. NWHP also provides one-on-one in person free counseling.
As a HUD-approved housing counseling agency, CASL specializes in providing housing and financial services, and resources to teens and adults with multiple barriers-including new immigrants, individuals with low English language proficiency, and lack of resources. Everyone is welcome to seek assistance at CASL! Check the CASL Calendar for upcoming Housing and Financial workshops.

Services

Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Credit Denial Assistance
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
CEDA's staff of HUD-certified Housing Counselors are available to assist with foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase, post-purchase, rental counseling, and financial counseling. We can also help identify those who qualify for new COVID-19 rent/mortgage relief programs.

Services

Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Homeless Diversion Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America helps thousands achieve the dream of lasting homeownership every year. Participants can become eligible for a below-market rate and an affordable mortgage through their financial counseling programs.
Center for Changing Lives (CCL) partners with the Department of Housing to offer financial and housing coaches who partner with clients to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and achieve their financial goals. CCL provides first-time homebuyer workshops and credit-buying and personal finance tools.
Agents of Hope Training and Information Center's Housing Program helps families and individuals find safe, affordable homes. They can help with:Buying a houseHelp to pay rentStopping eviction

Services

Eviction Prevention Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
The Hope Center Foundation Home Ownership program offers a 360 approach leading to better job options, more marketable skills, good money management practices, increased earning potential and an enhanced sense of financial security.
Chicagoland Habitat for Humanity offers a five-class series to learn the ins and outs of buying, budgeting for, and maintaining a home. This program is open to the public, and anyone is welcome to enroll in the series.
LCDC offers detailed real estate listings, financial assistance programs, and guidance to empower your homeownership journey.
Center for Changing Lives (CCL) partners with the Department of Housing to offer financial and housing coaches who partner with clients to uncover possibilities, overcome barriers, and achieve their financial goals. CCL provides first-time homebuyer workshops and credit-buying and personal finance tools.
CEDA's staff of HUD-certified Housing Counselors are available to assist with foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase, post-purchase, rental counseling, and financial counseling. We can also help identify those who qualify for new COVID-19 rent/mortgage relief programs.

Services

Tenant Readiness Education Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Homeless Diversion Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
The Home Buying Program consists of 8 hours of education and counseling to meet HUD's requirements. The program is designed to offer individual counseling and group education where clients will learn about the home buying process, credit, money management, the different mortgage products, and down payment assistance programs. After completion of the program, a certificate will be provided.
Home Ownership Counseling: Provides counseling to prospective homeowners on the purchasing of a home.