For renters:

• Individual pre-purchase counseling to prepare renters to qualify for purchase financing
• Pre-approval for purchase financing through Neighborhood Lending Services, Inc. (NLS) – a nonprofit mortgage lender affiliated with NHS of Chicago
• Homebuyer Education Classes
• Affordable fixed-rate loans for purchase or purchase-rehab

For homeowners:

• Affordable fixed-rate loans for home improvement or refinance or both through NLS
• Individual foreclosure prevention counseling
• Free Foreclosure Prevention Workshops and "Fix Your Mortgage" Events
• Post purchase workshops on home safety, energy efficiency, home repair

For the neighborhood:

• Assistance with block club organizing and networking
• Housing resource presentations at block club meetings, schools, churches, etc.
• Neighborhood housing strategies and partnership formation

NHS West Englewood Office
Program Accomplishments, 2005 – 2010

New Homeowners created in the community:  16  

Families in the community saved from foreclosure: 98

Vacant or problem buildings reclaimed:  11

Homes impacted by NLS loans to buy, fix or keep a home in the community: 40

Dollar amount of  NLS loans invested in West Englewood:  $3,514,133

NHS Block Projects and Other Achievements:  

Hamilton Block Club Network

New Birth Block Club Network

Hoyne and Hamilton Block Club Network

Oakley Block Club Network