August 21, 2012
Refinancing your Home Loan
CBS Chicago
By Dorothy Tucker
August 1, 2012
NHS Participates in the Mudathalon
Post Tribune Chicago Sun-Times
By Janna Odenthal
July 8, 2012
NHS wins 2012 Good Neighbor Award
Chicago Real Estate Forum
By Delaney Young
July 8, 2012
NHS receives Good Neighbor Award
Lawndale News
By Editor
January 26, 2010
Freddie Mac partners with counselors
2 Chicago centers will aid struggling homeowners
Chicago Tribune
By Mary Ellen Podmolik
NHS of Chicago is the site of a new Borrower Help Center.
January 15, 2010
Obama mortgage relief program fails to deliver (Broken Link from Old Site)
BusinessWeek
By Alan Zibel
Michael van Zalingen, Director of Homeownership Services, is quoted.
January 3, 2010
Meet the recovery assistant
Elgin Courier News
By Gloria Carr
NHS of the Fox Valley homeownership consultant Brenda Marin discusses the importance of budget and credit and prepurchase counseling. She has participants in her class do a "cash diet" assignment, where they write down every time money is spent, from 25 cents for gum or $10 for lunch -- and to add it up at the end of the week.
Brenda also offers sound advice in an Elgin Courier News article "Rebuilding finances by re-establishing credit."
December 29, 2009
Mortgage Help
"U & Me this Morning"Channel 26, the "U" and Me TV
NHS loan originator Pat Ware and Ms. Doris Moseberry, a homeowner she worked with over several months to secure a HOPI refi/rehab loan, are interviewed. NHS reduced Ms. Moseberry's loan principle, reduced her interest rate from 12% to a 5%, while also giving her a new roof and other home improvements. Ms. Moseberry and her children are glad to be in their home for the holiday's. "Home means a lot," says Ms. Moseberry.
VIEW EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH PAT WARE & HOW NHS HELPS HOMEOWNERS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE
December 29, 2009
20,000 Homes Foreclosed Last Year
Channel 32, FOX NewsReported
by Lilia Chacon
John Groene, NHS' Associate Director of Neighborhood Stratey, discusses foreclosure prevention and NHS' services. Homeowner Adlene Roberson is currently fighting the system to keep from losing her home.
December 16, 2009
Chicago Tribune
By Mary Owen
Profile discusses Bruce Gottschall's career at NHS, the organization's mission to end redlining, and its commitment to neighborhood revitalization and helping families save their homes.
There are quotes from Mayor Daley and community residents who have benefited from NHS' services and Bruce's leadership.
December 15, 2009
Channel 2
Reported by Pamela Jones
Foreclosures Plague African-American Neighborhoods
There have been more foreclosures in Englewood and West Englewood, 725 in the past nine months, than in any neighborhood across the city.
Learn more about Margaret Harbin's journey to save her home -- a journey aided by NHS of Chicago.
December 11, 2009
Chicago Tribune
By Mary Ellen Podmolik
Chicago among leaders in loan modifications
But many still struggle to qualify
Some 36,000 trouble local homeowners have received temporary and permanent load modifications, making the Chicago area one of the top places in the nations for the Obama administration's housing plan.
Nationally, more than 728,000 active modifications were under way at the end of November, but the overwhelming majority were still in the trial period, the Treasury Department said.
"It seems like not all the banks have this down pat," said Johnny Placeres, director of Neighborhood Housing Services' Fox Valley office. "Everyone is doing it different, and some are better than others."
June 8, 2010
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Announces New Executive Director
Ed Jacob, former CEO of the North Side Community Federal Credit Union, has been named new Executive Director at NHS of Chicago effective June 14. Jacob brings over 25 years of experience in neighborhood lending and community development. "It is a great honor for me to join NHS," said Jacob. "There is no better place to be if you want to make an impact in Chicago."
June 4, 2010
600 Volunteers in Five Chicago Neighborhoods and Elgin Beautify Blocks & Neighborhoods During 23rd Annual NeighborWorks® Day - June 5, 2010
Free "Fix Your Mortgage" Event on Southwest Side
600 corporate, community and government volunteers will literally 'dig in' to plant flowes and sod, paint fences and porches, spruce up vacant lots, and beautify Chicago neighborhoods on the South and West Sides. Working alongside local residents will be employee volunteers from lead sponsoring agency State Farm Insurance Companies. Other sponsors include: Enterprise, MB Financial, Travelers, and U.S. Bank.
June 4, 2010
100 Volunteers in Elgin 'Dig in' to Beautify Blocks & Help Elderly & Low-Income Homeowners During 23rd Annual NeighborWords Day - June 5, 2010
For the third year, more than 100 paintbrush and shovel-yielding volunteers from the City of Elgin, Travelers, and area churches will help beautify 13 homes on Elgin's east side wih landscaping, planting flowers, removal of chain link fences and painting.
August 26, 2009
Mayor Daley announced NHS' $110 Million Loan Pool to Help Residents Purchase, Improve or Keep their Homes at the NHS Back of the Yards Office
19 Lending Institutions, MacArthur Foundation and NHS join City to Make Affordable Financing Available
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Receives Top Honor from NHS
FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair and nine local housing heroes were honored during Heores, NHS' Annual Awards Dinner, March 25, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
Neighborhood Housing Services Endorses President Obama's $75 Billion Homeowner Rescue Plan
March 4, 2009, President Barack Obama today released details of his $75 billion Homeowner Rescue Plan which NHS of Chicago thinks will help thousands of hard-working families save their homes. Currently, about 20 percent of NHS' customers are helped by loan modifications. Under Obama's Plan, that number could rise significantly. To see if you qualify for a loan modification, call 773-329-4185.
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