Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago Grant

Organization - Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Grant Amount - $400,000
Foundation - MacArthur Foundation
Grant Purpose - in support of the Home Ownership Preservation Project to provide legal assistance to borrowers seeking to avoid foreclosure in New Community Program and other Chicago neighborhoods under the Foreclosure Prevention and Mitigation Project (over two years).


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