HOUSING SERVICES
HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES
HANA Center’s HUD-certified counselors provide one-on-one counseling, workshops, and referrals to support limited English-speaking Korean Americans and multiethnic immigrants to obtain and maintain affordable housing and work toward achieving long-term housing goals. Focus areas include rental, pre-purchase, post-purchase, foreclosure prevention, budgeting/financial management, and assisting older adults to apply for public housing.
Please call our main office 773-583-5501 or email housing@hanacenter.org to inquire about housing counseling.
HOUSING WORKSHOPS
The following workshop topics will be available at HANA Center in 2024:
Financial Capability Workshop - Learn how to develop a budget, manage your money, reduce your debt, and increase your credit score to improve your finances and achieve your housing goals.
Rental Workshop - Learn about affordable housing, types of subsidized housing, tenant rights and responsibilities, eviction process and prevention methods, and other rental resources.
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop (Co-sponsored by Korean American Bar Association) - Learn about the foreclosure process and timeline, your rights as a homeowner, loss mitigation options with your mortgage servicer, avoiding foreclosure, and repairing after foreclosure. Guest speaker Attorney Soo Yeon Lee.
Workshops will be held in either English, Spanish, and/or Korean and we will provide both online (Zoom) and in-person (HANA Center Chicago office - 4300 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60618) options throughout the year. More workshop dates and options will be added to our schedule in the future.
The following workshop list is our most updated schedule:
Financial Capability Workshop Schedule | 재정관리 워크샵 일정 | Calendario del Taller de Capacidad Financiera:
Financial Capability Workshop (English, In-Person - HANA Center Chicago Office): June 22, 2024, 2 PM - 3:30 PM
재정관리 워크샵 (한국어, 온라인 줌 - Zoom) - 2024년 7월 9일 (오후 6시 - 7시 30분)
Taller de Capacidad Financiera (Español, Zoom) - 30 de Julio 2024 (6 PM - 7:30 PM)
Financial Capability Workshop (English, Online - Zoom): August 13, 2024, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Taller de Capacidad Financiera (Español, En persona - oficina de HANA Center en Chicago) - 7 de Septiembre, 10 am - 11:30 am
재정관리 워크샵 (한국어, 하나센터 시카고 사무실) - 2024년 10월 19일 (오전 10시 - 11시 30분)
Rental Housing Workshop Schedule | 임대주택 워크샵 일정 | Calendario del Taller de viviendas de alquiler:
Taller de Alquiler (Español, En persona - oficina de HANA Center en Chicago) - 22 de Junio, 10 am - 11:30 am
임대 주택 워크샵 (한국어, 하나센터 시카고 사무실) - 2024년 6월 22일 (오후 2시 - 3시 30분)
Taller de Alquiler (Español, Zoom) - 9 de julio 2024 (6 PM - 7:30 PM)
임대 주택 워크샵 (한국어, 온라인 줌 - Zoom) - 2024년 7월 30일 (오후 6시 - 7시 30분)
Rental Housing Workshop (English, Online - Zoom): July 31, 2024, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
임대 주택 워크샵 (한국어, 온라인 줌 Zoom) - 2024년 8월 6일 (오후 6시 - 7시 30분)
Taller de Alquiler (Español, Zoom) - 6 de Agosto 2024 (6 PM - 7:30 PM)
Rental Housing Workshop (English, Online - Zoom): August 20, 2024, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
임대 주택 워크샵 (한국어, 하나센터 시카고 사무실) - 2024년 9월 7일 (오전 10시 - 11시 30분)
Rental Housing Workshop (English, In-Person - HANA Center Chicago Office) September 7, 2024, 2 PM - 3:30 PM
Foreclosure Prevention Workshop Schedule | 차압/압류 방지 워크샵 일정 | Calendario del Taller de Prevención de Judicio Hipotecaria:
Foreclosure Intervention Workshop (English, Online - Zoom): June 25, 2024 6 PM - 8 PM
차압/압류 방지 워크샵 (한국어, 온라인 줌 - Zoom) - 2024년 7월 25일 (오후 6시 - 8시)
Taller de Prevención de Judicio Hipotecaria (Español, Zoom) - 29 de Agosto 2024 (6 PM - 8 PM)
Foreclosure Intervention Workshop 차압/압류 방지 워크샵 (English/한국어, In-Person - HANA Center Chicago Office 하나센터 시카고 사무실): October 19, 2024 (2024년 10월 19일) 2 PM - 4:30 PM (오후 2시 - 4시 30분)
Please note that our foreclosure workshop dates and times will be announced at a later time. You can stay updated on our housing services calendar on our website.
If you need assistance filling out the registration form or have any questions about the workshop, please contact our main office at 773-583-5501 or email housing@hanacenter.org.
Court-Based Rental Assistance Application Help
The Illinois Court-Based Rental Assistance Program (CBRAP) provides funding to Illinois tenants and landlords across Illinois who have pending cases in eviction court. The program is only available to litigants in eviction court. Applicants may qualify for up to $10,000 in emergency rental payments that can include up to 15 months of past-due rent and 2 months of future rent payments to prevent eviction
**APPLICATIONS CLOSE MAY 31, 2024!**
Please call our main office 773-583-5501 or email housing@hanacenter.org for CBRAP information and application assistance.
Fair Housing psa
HANA Center is proud to partner with National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development to show that #FairHousing is #MoreThanJustWords! Check out this PSA for our communities, in English and 15 AAPI languages!
