Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP, formerly MMRP)
Migrated from DPD to the Department of Housing and renamed the Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP). A homeownership program offering $15,000 in down-payment assistance, subject to fund availability, across 11 designated target areas. NHS Chicago's purchase-assistance intake is currently closed. The original commercial-storefront framing is no longer accurate.
Check an Address — Free Snapshot
See whether a specific Chicago address sits inside the area that unlocks Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP, formerly MMRP), alongside every other incentive that touches that parcel.
Homebuyers purchasing in one of the 11 designated target areas. Income and counseling requirements apply.
Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP, formerly MMRP) is tied to the Micro Market Recovery geography — being inside that boundary is the first eligibility gate. A single address can fall inside several overlapping incentive areas at once.
Boundaries are precise and change over time, so exact eligibility always depends on the specific address. The fastest way to know is to run a free snapshot for the parcel you have in mind.
Boundary layer is stale and has not been re-sourced. micro-market-recovery.geojson holds 13 legacy MMRP areas; the City now publishes 11 designated CNRP target areas, and the current 11 have not been mapped here. Confirm the target area with DOH before relying on the map.
Typical range · $15,000 down-payment assistance, subject to fund availability
- +$15,000 down-payment assistance for eligible owner-occupants, subject to fund availability
- +Free homebuyer counseling and education
- +Connection to other city homeownership programs
- 1Confirm the property is in a designated target area
- 2Contact DOH before planning around this program — NHS Chicago's purchase-assistance intake is closed and is no longer accepting applications
Contact DOH Project Manager Jim Wheaton (James.Wheaton@cityofchicago.org) — NHS purchase-assistance intake is closed
- Proof of income and household size
- Homebuyer counseling certificate (NHS)
- Purchase contract for property in a designated CNRP target area
This page is a starting point, not eligibility, legal, or tax advice. Verify current requirements, deadlines, and boundaries with the administering agency before applying or spending money — program rules and funding change over time.
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- (312) 744-4190
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- (773) 329-4111
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Last verified 2026-08-09
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