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Planning and zoning services, business, redevelopment and housing assistance, building permits and inspections, animal control and code compliance.

Provides ramps and other modifications to increase accessibility for disabled homeowners and renters. For minor home repairs services include repairing condemned furnaces, faulty wiring, or actively leaking roofs. Major home repairs provide funds in the form of forgivable deferred loans to correct health and safety code violations, including lead-based paint hazards for single-family dwelling units located in low-income census tracts. Get the Lead Out program and Health Home Production awards housing funds to qualified applicants to help cover the cost of lead hazard remediation. This program is available to owner-occupied homes and privately-owned rental properties. 

Provides home rehabilitation assistance for single family homeowner occupied residents when grant funding is available through IDHA. Mobile homes are not eligible for this program. Each application is seen on a case by case basis. Measures will be done based on needs identified in the home inspection/assessment. The focus is on code, health, safety, and lead paint issues first. Grants are for a 2 year period.

Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.

Programs available:

- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.

- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.

- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.

- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.

Provides sustainable homeownership, home renovations, and revitalizes neighborhoods through collaborating partnerships.

Provides a major rehabilitation deferred loan program, assistance up to $25,000 is available for major repair or renovation of homes which contain several code-related issues or are in need of significant rehabilitation (cosmetics do not qualify). A minor rehabilitation grant program, under this program a grant of up to $12,000 is provided for code-related repairs of an emergency nature which threatens the health or safety of the occupants of the home. An accessibility grant program that provides grant assistance to an income-eligible homeowner or renter of a single-family residence or up to a four-unit complex to eliminate physical barriers which inhibit the use of the dwelling unit by a person with disability. The maximum grant amount is $7,000. 

Offers affordable loans to individuals with disabilities and seniors to help acquisition of assistive technology, home repairs relating to health and safety (not home improvements to increase the value of the home), service animals, and employment tools. Also offers if qualified a forgivable loan for assistive technology. Offer a sliding scale interest rate ranging from 9-0% based on eligibility.

Most loans have flexible terms, up to 5 years. Most loans are capped at $2,500. Assistive technology loans may go up to $10,000, but there may be a waitlist for loans over $2,500.

Home repair and modification assistance. Provides necessary repairs to homes such as leaky roofs, plumbing issues, electrical problems, handicapped accessible bathrooms and ramps.

Offers affordable home repair services for low-income homeowners, allowing them to get work done now and pay for it later – sometimes years down the line. Homeowners are invited to apply for the program and are accepted based on their household income and assessed home value. Services may include exterior repairs (such as roofs and siding), critical home repair (such as furnaces and water heaters), weatherization (such as windows and insulation), and accessibility (such as ramps, grab bars, and bath modifications). 

A program that helps homeowners with limited resources complete necessary home improvements. Program will provide qualified homeowners with the materials and labor needed to repair their homes. Sweat Equity hours are asked of the home owners when repairs are being made. A one-time service fee will be assessed, and some repayment is required for major repair projects.

Provides programs to build or improve housing, essential community facilities, and support business financing in rural areas of Illinois.

Programs available:

- Single-Family Housing Programs: Direct loans or loan guarantees for low- and moderate-income rural families for mortgages and home repairs. Additionally, grants are available for health and safety repairs for individuals over 62.

- Multi-Family Housing Programs: Loans for affordable rental housing for very-low- to moderate-income residents, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Funds may also be used to buy or improve land and provide necessary facilities such as water and waste disposal systems. Rent assistance is available for rural residents.

- Community Facilities Programs: Loans, grants, and loan guarantees for essential community facilities in rural areas, with priority given to health care, education, and public safety projects.

- Business Financing Programs: Financial support, including loans and grants, for individuals or groups seeking to establish or expand businesses in rural areas.

Provides a wide range of health care and support services that enable individuals, from newborns to the elderly to receive care at home. Services include:

- Rehabilitation Therapy.

- Social Services.

- Home Health Aides.

Helps owner-investors with single family properties (1-4 units) east of 72nd Street make necessary repairs to their homes and ultimately aid in the revitalization of neighborhoods and communities. Rehabilitated properties are to be rented to low to moderate income persons.

If determined eligible, a construction specialist will schedule an initial property visit and determine the types of modifications and improvements that can be performed at the property.

Eligible property rehabilitation activities are limited to those necessary to correct substandard conditions, to make essential improvements, and to repair major systems in danger of failure. Major systems include such items as roofs, ceilings, walls, floors, foundations, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, and electrical systems.

Community Block Build - House-by-house approach to improving focused areas of high need. Includes:

- Handicap accessibility modifications.

- Plumbing/electrical work.

- Energy efficiency upgrades.

- Landscaping.

- Painting.

Safe at Home - Improves access and reduces risk for seniors and people with disabilities. Some repairs include:

- Hand railings/grab bars.

- Ramps.

- Broken/weak steps.

- Walk-in shower.

- ADA-accessible doorways.

- Lever door knobs.

- Additional lighting.

- Deadbolts and locks.

Repairs and rehabilitates homes for low-income households of elderly persons, persons with a disability, and families with children.

May build handicap ramps, including for mobile homes.

Work is supported entirely by contributions of time, labor, material, and money; all able-bodied residents of the home are expected to assist in making repairs.

*DOES NOT provide the following services: roofs, foundations, siding, furnaces, lead remediation, chimneys, or work on mobile homes (other than wheelchair ramps).

Offers home repairs and improvements necessary for restoring and maintaining safe living conditions and home values. This program is applicable for low-income families, seniors, and those with a disability. Services include interior or exterior work performed to alleviate critical health, life and safety issues or code violations. This includes a change to or repair of materials or components, a reconfiguration of space, a modification for accessibility and interior modifications, installation or extension of plumbing, and mechanical or electrical systems on an existing structure.