Housing

Get more information on assistance with housing issues:

COVID-19 Housing Resources:
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
Housing Action Illinois
National Fair Housing Alliance & Foreclosure Relief Summary
Legal Aid Chicago COVID-19 Updates for Homeowners
LCBH COVID-19 and Renters Rights

Preserving Affordability Together: A Blue Print for Community Action: a community-created booklet that shares recommendations from an eight-month process to develop recommendations to preserve affordability in East Garfield Park. Created with Metropolitan Planning Council and Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University.

Targeted Home Improvement Grant Program: home improvement grants for qualified homeowners, administered by Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.

Chicago Bungalow Association Energy Savers Program: free energy upgrades for eligible vintage homes

Preserving Affordable Housing in East Garfield Park Fact Sheet, November 2019

Rentervention Fact Sheet

Presentation for the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University, July 2019

City of Chicago DPD Presentation Maps, May 2019

City of Chicago DPD Presentation: East Garfield Park Housing Opportunity and Analysis, May 2019

City of Chicago DPD Presentation: East Garfield Park Housing Opportunity and Analysis, April 2019

MMRP Data and Maps, June 2019

Full list of MMRP Properties, including vacant lots and rentals, June 2019

2019 HUD Income Limits

West Garfield Park Micro Market Recovery Program