HOUSING SERVICES
HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES
HANA Centerโs HUD-certified counselors provide NO-COST one-on-one counseling, workshops, and referrals to assist low- to medium-income households maintaining affordable housing. Our focus areas include:
Post-purchase (Homeowner Counseling - Property Tax Exemptions, Refinancing, Home Repair/Maintenance, etc.)
Foreclosure prevention (Mortgage Assistance/Loss Mitigation Application, Legal Aid Referral, etc.)
Rental (Public housing, Eviction Prevention, Rental assistance application help, etc.)
Budgeting and financial management
Homeless Counseling
Pre-purchase (Homebuyer Counseling)
We offer personalized counseling for rental issues, foreclosure, and homelessness, etc. If you have any housing-related concerns or questions, please reach out! Counseling can be conducted in Korean, Spanish, or English.
๐ Call: 773-583-5501 โ Email: housing@hanacenter.org
HOUSING & FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS
Pre-registration is required for all workshops!
You can find the detailed schedule for each workshop through the registration links. Additionally, any future updates to workshop dates will also be available through these links.
Language & Format
Workshops will be conducted in Korean, Spanish and/or English with options to attend online (via Zoom) or in person (HANA Center Chicago office - 4300 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60618 or HANA Center Northwest Center (NWC) office - 664 N. Milwaukee Ave. Ste 213, Prospect Heights, IL 60070).
If youโd like HANAโs housing counselors to host a workshop at your organization, church, senior center, etc., please email us a request at housing@hanacenter.org.
The following housing-related workshops will be available at the HANA Center in 2025:
Property Tax Information Workshop / ์ฌ์ฐ์ธ ์ ๋ณด ์ํฌ์
Learn how property taxes are calculated, the process for filing a property tax appeal, types of property tax exemptions, and how to prepare for exemption applications.
Register Here / ๋ฑ๋กํ๊ธฐ: bit.ly/hana-housing-workshop
Financial 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.
Register Here: bit.ly/hana-housing-workshop
Rental Assistance Workshop
This workshop will help households struggling with rent or mortgage payments understand what assistance programs are available (or not available). You will also learn what steps to take if your housing payments are overdue or at risk of delay.
Register Here: https://bit.ly/hana-rental-info
Power of Attorney & Living Wills Workshop / ์์์ฅ & ์ฌ์ ์๋ฃ ์ง์์ ์ํฌ์
Power of Attorney and Living Wills are important legal documents that prepare any 18+ adult in case they lose decision making capacity. Join us to understand how these documents can avoid complicated legal processes like guardianship, and how you can make your end-of-life wishes known. Co-hosted by the Center for Disability and Elder Law and the HANA Center.
Register Here / ๋ฑ๋กํ๊ธฐ: bit.ly/elder-planning-hana
Last Will and Testament & Transfer on Death Instrument Workshop / ์ ์ธ์ฅ & ์ฌ๋ง ์ ์๋ ๋ฌธ์ ์ํฌ์
What happens to your assets (property, bank accounts, life insurance, etc.) after death? Join us to learn about the importance of estate and end-of-life planning. Co-hosted by the Center for Disability and Elder Law and the HANA Center.
Register Here / ๋ฑ๋กํ๊ธฐ: bit.ly/elder-planning-hana
More workshop dates and topics will be added throughout the yearโStay Tuned!
Court-Based Rental Assistance Application Help
The Illinois Court-Based Rental Assistance Program (CBRAP) provides financial assistance to Illinois tenants and landlords who have pending eviction cases in court. This program is exclusively available to those involved in eviction proceedings.
If you need help with your application or have any questions, please donโt hesitate to reach out to the HANA Center for assistance! Please note: Application review is administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA). HANAโs housing counselors can help tenants and housing providers submit CBRAP applications. However, HANA Center does not make decisions on the applications and questions about applications should be directed to IHDA.
Please call our main office at 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!
