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Chicago Cityscape's Incentives Checker determines automatically if any Address Snapshot is potentially eligible for any of 32 (at time of publication) financial and development incentives due to geography, but it does not include information about programs for helping people buy a house.
This article will point to resources to find homeownership assistance.
The Illinois Housing Development Authority operates the IHDA Mortgage website. Review the options in their Program Directory.
DownPaymentResource.com uses a questionnaire to find a downpayment assistance anywhere in the United States.
The National Housing Services (NHS) of Chicago administers the TIF Purchase/Rehab program in the City of Chicago for the acquisition and renovation of 1-4 unit houses in eligible TIF districts.
The City of Chicago funds the Micro Market Recovery Program to help low and moderate income households purchase a house in any of the 10 (at time of publication) MMRP areas. The National Housing Services (NHS) of Chicago administers the MMRP Purchase Assistance Grant.
Note: Incentives Checker checks if an Address Snapshot is in an MMRP area.
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