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 Humboldt Park 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:  6

Homes impacted by NLS loans  to buy, fix or keep a home in the community:  55

Dollar amount of  NLS loans invested in West Humboldt Park:  $7,268,493 

NHS Block Projects and Other Achievements:  

900 block of N. Springfield

700 block of N. Monticello