Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Grant



Organization - Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
Grant Amount - $2,500,000
Foundation - MacArthur Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of public education and counseling to prevent foreclosure in New Communities Program and other neighborhoods in Chicago as part of the Foreclosure Prevention and Mitigation Project (over two years).


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