Illinois Home Equity Assurance Program (ILHAF/Northwest Home Equity Assurance Program)
Funding Amount
Up to $30,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Illinois Home Equity Assurance Program
Loan program for homeowners on Chicago's Northwest Side. Program provides emergency financial assistance. Originally focused on renovation loans; amended law expanded eligibility to include homeowners with delinquent property tax payments.
Geographic Scope: Chicago's Northwest Side, Illinois
Focus Areas:
- Homeowner assistance
- Renovation loans
- Property tax delinquency relief
Target Population
- Homeowners at risk of eviction and foreclosure
- Older adults
- Disabled individuals
- People of color
- Those unable to pay property taxes
Background: For years, Northwest Side Housing Center lobbied state lawmakers to change the assurance program into a resource that didn't waste taxpayer dollars. Summer 2024 (article date): State lawmakers passed bill amending Home Equity Assurance Act to allow loans for homeowners with delinquent property tax payments.
What Northwest Side Housing Center actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $143K
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $5,460–$127K
- By dollars: Illinois 100%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Housing
- Affordable housing
- Hardship
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