Finding an apartment with RentSocial.com

RentSocial.com is a new website using social networking to search for an apartment. Similar to the consumer-reviewed site Yelp, users can leave remarks of buildings they currently or used to live in. You can also create your own RentSocial profile using your info from Facebook. The site gives an "activity feed," where building owners, friends and neighbors can post messages. It's all free of charge to users (the site makes money by charging building owners a monthly fee to be listed).

Legal Assistance Referrals/Recomendaciones de Abogados

Speak to an Attorney for free, provided by Between Friends, an advocacy organization to help battered women and children of domestic violence.  You can call to set an appointment at either at Rolling Meadows or a Chicago location.  Please call for a specific location 773-274-5232 x23.

Also, please review the attached to find dates of this service and free or low cost legal services.

Download Legal Assistance_Domestic Violence

 

Wait List For One Bedroom Units In Cook County To Open Mar. 27

According to The Journal & Topics Newspapers, the city of Des Plaines Health and Human Services Division has received notification that the Housing Authority of the County of Cook’s Public Housing Wait Lists for one bedroom units will open Mar. 27 at the certain Elderly and/or Disabled Designated Developments, including the Henrich House in Des Plaines. Please click here for the list of these sites.

Forms and instructions for the wait list for section 8 or subsidized housing be found here:  http://www.thehacc.org/docs/WL_Open.pdf

Home Repair and Remodeling: Know Your Consumer Rights on 5/11/11

The Village of Mount Prospect is hosting a seminar on the Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act. The hour-long seminar, titled “Home Repair and Remodeling: Know Your Consumer Rights,” will be presented by the Office of the Attorney General Lisa Madigan-State of Illinois and will be held on May 11, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Mount Prospect Village Hall, 50 S. Emerson Street, Mount Prospect.

The seminar will focus on the Home Repair Remodeling Act and will review the resources that the Attorney General’s office provides on the topic.  Information will include:

How to avoid home repair scams
Tips for finding a contractor What a contract should include
Protecting yourself during the project
What to do if you are the victim of a home repair scam

Attendance is limited so RSVP by May 5, 2011 to building@mountprospect.org or 847-818-5289.
Additional Links from Office of the Attorney General Lisa Madigan-State of Illinois:

Home Repair and Construction
Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights
Home Repair and Remodeling Act (effective January 1, 2000)

Northern Cook County Community Resource and Job Fair tomorrow 10/20/10

Tomorrow is the Northern Cook County Community Resource and Job Fair at the Forest View Educational Center from 11a-3p.  Meet with local employers and learn about assistance with: Healthcare, Employment, Food, Housing, Credit, Financial Planning, Utilities, Domestic Violence, and Other Supportive Community Services.

Mortgage Relief Project

There will be an area meeting held at Fenton High School in Bensenville from 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday August 28.  Please share this information.  The mortgage Relief Project will be providing local homeowners with free housing counseling and information on saving troubled homes.  For more information or to register for this event call toll free 1-800-532-8785, please visit www.idfpr.com.  Additional information is also noted on this flyer: Download Bensenville MRP Flyer.

More Mortgage/Housing Events

Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America, a nonprofit counseling agency certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will meet with homeowners seeking loan modifications from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Sunday 5/16 at McCormick Place.

Separately, Chase is conducting a homeowner-assistance event through Sunday 5/16 for its customers and those of EMC Mortgage Corp. and Washington Mutual. It will be conducted at Navy Pier's Festival Hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day.

Mortgage Relief Project: Free Housing Counseling 5/15/10 in Glendale Heights

Governor Quinn’s Mortgage Relief Project visiting Glendale Heights (DuPage County) on May 15th to help stem number of area foreclosures

Free housing counseling will be available from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the Glendale Heights Village Hall, 300 Civic Center Plaza. The free workshops will offer helpful advice about mortgage refinancing, foreclosure prevention, legal rights, credit counseling and avoiding scam artists. Homeowners can also obtain private, one-on-one housing counseling with HUD-certified counselors. Be sure to bring your latest mortgage documents (bills, statements, notices, etc.), two most recent paystubs, and your state ID or driver’s license. For an itemized list of all the documents that you would need to complete a full application for a loan modification, go to Mortgage Relief Project Document Checklist.

To make an appointment with a counselor or for more information, call IDFPR’s consumer hotline at (800) 532-8785.

Northwest Suburbs Community Resources Fair

Northwest Suburbs Community Resources Fair

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 4-7p

Location: Harper College, Wojcik Center

Find help and get assistance about:

Healthcare, employment, food, housing, credit, financial planning, utilities, domestic violence, and other supportive community services

Free parking/free entry

Contact mfaheem@worknetncc.comfor more info or call (847) 437-9425

Rental Housing in Illinois

A number of state agencies have joined together to introduce a new website, ILHousingSearch.org, that is a free service to provide easy access to information about housing opportunities across the state of Illinois.

All property providers of rental housing can use this tool to advertise their properties free of charge and in great detail. Listings can include pictures, maps, and information about nearby amenities like libraries, parks, schools, and hospitals. Anyone can visit the website to search for available rental housing.

Prospective tenants are able to:

• Browse up-to-date listings of rental properties for FREE
• Search by location, rent amount, eligibility requirements and much more
• View property features, pictures and maps
• Determine the rent you can afford