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
Compare the geocoded point for a Chicago address with the boundary used to screen Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP, formerly MMRP). A match is a location signal; review the current program source for the boundary's role and remaining criteria.
Published criteria — confirm with Chicago Department of Housing
- Property must be in one of the 11 designated CNRP target areas
- Owner-occupied residential purchase
Chicago Neighborhood Recovery Program (CNRP, formerly MMRP) is screened against the Micro Market Recovery boundary. A geocoded point that intersects that boundary is a location signal, not a determination — review the current program source for the boundary's role and any remaining criteria. A single address can fall inside several overlapping incentive boundaries at once.
Boundaries are precise and change over time, so whether a specific address falls inside a mapped zone always depends on that exact address. The fastest way to check is to run a free snapshot for the parcel you have in mind — mapped coverage is a location signal, not an eligibility determination.
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.
Range on file · $15,000 down-payment assistance, subject to fund availability
Most recently published round offered $15,000 down-payment assistance, subject to fund availability. (No round currently open as of 2026-08-09.)
- +$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.
- Phone
- (312) 744-4190
- Web
- Visit site ↗
- Phone
- (773) 329-4111
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Last verified 2026-08-09
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