Spanish Coalition For Housing

Programs: Housing counseling program pre-purchase counseling- sch prepares prospective first time homebuyers to become mortgage ready. Sch offers both individual and group pre-purchase counseling services, which cover budget preparation, credit history evaluation, loan packaging and other services related to purchasing a home. Foreclosure prevention- sch's foreclosure counseling program connects families with the one- on-one counseling they need to keep their homes and realize housing security post-purchase counseling - sch supports existing homeowners with understanding escrow, finding affordable insurance, accessing tax exemptions, applying for energy assistance, building emergency repair funds, developing a seasonal maintenance checklist, and recognizing when and how refinancing is an appropriate course of action.

rental program chicagoland bilingual landlord association (cbla) program-sch, helps low-to-moderate income landlords become educated and empowered about their rights and responsibilities as landlords. Primarily used by landlords of small properties, the clients can participate in one-on- one counseling or group workshops aimed at helping them better manage their properties, apply their rights and responsibilities as owners, and provide tenant families with safe, decent and affordable rental unit

support program liheap energy assistances program- this program uses a federal pass through grant to help pay a significant part of low income renters' utility costs and needed weatherization repairs that will enable families to stabilize their utility budgets so that they can meet their other basic financial obligations homeless prevention, affordable housing location and sustainability counseling- sch works with clients in a one-on-one setting to locate affordable rental units and provide coun