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| W.E.C.A.N. Housing Resource CenterNeed housing in Woodlawn? Homeowner looking for help? Are you a tenant in one of Woodlawn's multi-family buildings or a landlord needing information on financial resources for renovation or maintenance? You've come to the right place - W.E.C.A.N.'s Housing Resource Center.
 Affordable housing is the bedrock of a healthy community. WECAN's Housing Resource Center focuses its resources on helping residents in Woodlawn and on the Southeast Side maintain and preserve the community's housing stock. The Center serves renters, owners of single-family homes, and managers of multi-family housing. Listed elsewhere on this page are the service we offer. Whether you are a first-time homebuyer, tenant/renter, or own and manage a multi-unit property, we can help you with information, counseling, referrals to resources including financial resources for acquisition, renovation and maintenance, training workshops and more. Got a housing-related question? Call us at the W.E.C.A.N. Housing Resource Center, 6450 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, 773-288-3000.
WECAN Housing Resource Center Takes Aggressive Action Against Foreclosure Threat To Community Development in Woodlawn HRC Forms Foreclosure Intervention Support Team, Foreclosure Challenges Legal Team, Foreclosed Properties Documentation Initiative, Woodlawn Development Collaborative, Woodlawn Historic Preservation Initiative On Greenwood and Family Resource Center For Woodlawn Residents Woodlawn is at the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis in Chicago. The housing crisis is impacting renters as well as property owners. According to a Woodstock Institute report, in ten Chicago communities including Woodlawn there were 4,822 foreclosures of 2-to-6 unit buildings affecting more than 28,000 housing units. The W.E.C.A.N. Housing Resource Center is currently tracking 707 foreclosure actions listed since January 2008 and in one census tract, 4207, DePaul University's Office Of Real Estate Development is reporting the city's highest levels of apartment foreclosures. The HRC has established initiatives to combat this growing challenge to community development not just in Woodlawn but throughout Chicago, the state of Illinois (4th highest number of foreclosures nationally) and the nation (20 million homes in foreclosure according to numbers cited in a recent Chicago Sun-Times column by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr.). They include the following (see table below): | | Foreclosure Intervention Support Team | Foreclosure Challenges Legal Team | Foreclosed Properties Documentation Team | Woodlawn Development Collaborative | Woodlawn Historic Preservation Initiative On Greenwood |
Family Resource Center For Woodlawn Reidents | | What It Is | Team of counselors, bank representatives, support resources
| Team of legal experts | Volunteer team of students and interns linked together by HRC | Group of ten (10) not-for-profit and for-profit developers working and investing in Woodlawn properties | Project to survey and create personal renovation assessments for 158 homeowners on 3 blocks of South Greenwood | WECAN Division That Provides Benefits Information For Woodlawn Residents | | What It Does | Provides counseling and resources referrals
| Develops foreclosure intervention strategies | Surveys and catalogues foreclosures in Woodlawn community | Acquires for purchase and rehab abandoned and foreclosed single-family, 2-4 unit and multi-unit properties | Supports homeowners on three Greenwood blocks in attracting resources for property renovation and preservawtion | Assists Woodlawn residents in obtaining benefits (LIHEAP, Job Referrals, Stimulus Benefits) from city, county, stae and federal resources | | Who It Helps | Woodlawn residents in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure
| Woodlawn residents in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure | Woodlawn residents facing foreclosure and pre-foreclosure | Neighborhood blocks in Woodlawn community with high concentration of foreclosed and abandoned properties | 158 homeowners on three blocks of South Greenwood in Woodlawn | Woodlawn And Southeast Side Chicago Residents | | How To Get Involved | Contact the Housing Resource Center at 773-288-3000
| Contact the WECAN Housing Resource Center at 773-288-3000 | Contact the WECAN Housing Resource Center at 773-288-3000 | Contact the WECAN Housing Resource Center at 773-288-3000 or e-mail info@wecanwoodlawn.org | Contact the HRC at 773-288-3000 or the 6300-6400 Greenwood Block Club | Contact the WECAN Housing Resource Center at 773-288-3000 |
W.E.C.A.N. Housing Resource Center Upcoming Seminars And Workshops
WECAN Housing Resource Center
Upcoming Workshops
| Woodlawn Foreclosure Summit - Part One
| Woodlawn Foreclosure Summit - Part Two
| Woodlawn Affordable Housing Workshop
| Date
| Saturday, October 10, 2009 (RESCHEDULED FROM 09/19/09)
| Saturday, October 24, 2009
| Saturday, November 14, 2009
| Location
| Butler-Lindon Apartments Community Room 6146 South Kenwood Avenue
| Butler-Lindon Apartments
Community Room
6146 South Kenwood Avenue
| Butler-Lindon Apartments Community Room
6146 South Kenwood Avenue
| Time
| 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | 10:000 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Nearly 100 Woodlawn Residents Attend Weatherization Workshop Co-Sponsored By WECAN And Woodlawn Community Service Corporation | Eighty (80) Woodlawn residents came out on a brilliantly sunny Saturday morning, May 17, to attend the Weatherization Workshop co-sponsored by WECAN, Woodlawn Community Service Corporation and AKArama Foundation Inc. Theta Omega Chapter at their community service center.
Intake staff from the CEDA (Community Economic Development Association of Illinois) Weatherization project took more than 50 applications from residents who applied for weatherization benefits - new heating or cooling units, retrofitted windows and doors, ramps and other energy-saving repairs. The attendees also received information on community services from Neighborhood Housing Services, South Side Community Federal Credit Union, Cook County Assessors Office, Cook County Board Of Review, and Woodlawn Community Service Corporation.
“We had a great turnout, which proves how hungry people in this community are for services and resources that help them improve the quality of their lives," said Executive Director Mattie C. Butler, shown below speaking with a community resident (center photo) as residents wait their turn for CEDA assistance (left photo) and staff from the Cook County Assessor's Office
  
Should WECAN host a follow-up workshop on Weatherization and other home repair benefits? Tell us your thoughts. Call 773-288-3000 or click here to submit an information request. |
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| Seminars And Workshops Deliver Information For Prospective Homeowners, Tenants, Landlords
 Buying a home can seem like a daunting process, but information is power, and WECAN's Homebuyers Seminars deliver the information that empowers first-time homebuyers. The Homebuyers Seminars provide information on credit, financing and homes for sale in our Housing Resource Center service area and throughout Chicago. During 2008, the Housing Resource Center will present ten seminars on homebuying, consumer/tenant rights, building maintenance resources, home ownership and maintenance for seniors, and foreclosure intervention for those in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure. | | WECAN Housing Resource Center Offers A Comprehensive Portfolio Of Housing-Oriented ServicesNeed services? Having trouble making mortgage payments? Call us to schedule an appointment for any of these services: - Homebuyer Assistance
- Foreclosure Intervention
- Consumer/Tenant Counseling
- Homeowner Maintenance Counseling
- Landlord Support Services
- One-On-One Counseling
- Redevelopment Of Abandoned And Foreclosed Properties
Call 773-288-3000 to schedule an appointment Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | |
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