Micro Market Recovery Program
Migrated from DPD to the Department of Housing in 2024-2025. Now primarily a homeownership program offering $30,000 down-payment assistance grants in 19 designated MMRP areas, delivered via Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. 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 Micro Market Recovery Program, alongside every other incentive that touches that parcel.
Homebuyers purchasing in one of the 19 designated MMRP areas (now includes West Englewood, Roseland, Woodlawn, Fuller Park, North Lawndale, South Lawndale). Income and counseling requirements apply via NHS Chicago.
Micro Market Recovery Program 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.
micro-market-recovery.geojson holds 13 features; current MMRP areas number 19 per chicago.gov/doh. Refresh required.
Typical range · $30,000 down-payment assistance
- +$30,000 down-payment assistance grant for qualifying homebuyers
- +Free homebuyer counseling and education
- +Connection to other city homeownership programs
- 1Confirm the property is in an MMRP area
- 2Contact Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) Chicago
- 3Complete homebuyer counseling
- 4Submit purchase assistance application
Contact NHS Chicago about MMRP eligibility
- Proof of income and household size
- Homebuyer counseling certificate (NHS)
- Purchase contract for property in MMRP 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
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- Phone
- (773) 329-4111
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Last verified 2026-05-21
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