Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. (nhs) offers its products and Services citywide in Chicago, with neighborhood-based offices in auburn gresham and englewood; Chicago lawn and gage park; north lawndale; roseland; and west humboldt park. Nhs also operates three place-based partnerships focused on special programs. Approximately 80 percent of nhs' clients are low- to moderate-income. Nhs served over 4,900 households. Nhs' counseling and education Services provided classroom education to over 1,500 potential homebuyers and in person pre-purchase counseling to over 1,100 potential homebuyers. These programs were offered to potential homebuyers through nhs free 8-hour homebuyer curriculum (offered both in english and spanish weekly) and online via ehome america; providing individual counseling and intervention Services over 969 homeowners at risk of foreclosure. Nhs' executive management team and the innovation, evaluation and public policy department works across nhs' business lines to craft new solutions to the ever-changing issues facing underinvested neighborhoods and low and moderate income communities in the Chicago region. Nhs partners and staff are pioneering efforts to respond to Neighborhood and regional issues and to anticipate future needs for nhs' target neighborhoods and customers. Nhs converts the knowledge and experience gained through its daily work in the neighborhoods to new programs and public policy initiatives that can directly benefit those communities and the Chicago region.