Resources

City of Evanston

Mary Ellen Poole, Housing Planner
mepoole@cityofevanston.org
847.859.7889
 

Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Prevention

Open Communities
614 Lincoln Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
847.501.5760
www.opencommunities.org


CEDA Neighbors at Work
1229 Emerson Street
847.328.5166
www.cedaorg.net/www2/index.htm
 

Senior Housing

Ebenezer Primm Tower
1001 Emerson Street
For low-income seniors > 62 years old
847.864.0052

Jacob Blake Manor
1615 Emerson Street
847.570.4850

Jane Perlman Apartments
1900 Sherman Avenue
847.869.0870

Victor Walchirk Apartments
2300 Noyes Court
847.328.7190
 

Public Housing Programs

Housing Authority of Cook County
312.663.5447
www.thehacc.org/
 

Homebuyer Resources

Housing Opportunity Development Corporation
847.564.2900
www.hodc.org

CEDA/Neighbors at Work
847.328.5166
www.cedaorg.net

North Side Community Federal Credit Union
773.769.5800
www.northsidecommunityfcu.org

Lakeside Community Development Corporation
773.381.5253
www.lakesidecdc.org

Rogers Park Community Development Corporation
773.262.2290
www.rogerspark.org

Neighborhood Counseling Services of Chicago (en Espano)
NHS Back of the Yards
Claudia Escamilla al 773.579.0032
www.nhschicago.org
 

General Housing

Reba Place Apartments
Affordably priced units, some income restricted
847.328.8845

Housing Opportunity Development Corporation
Affordable units for low.income households
Housing counseling available
847.564.2900

Evanston Housing Coalition
847.869.7884

The Reserve at Evanston
1930 Ridge Avenue
Set.aside rental units
847.864.5900

YMCA
1000 Grove Street
Affordably priced units for men
847.475.7400 Ex. 214

The Reserve at Evanston
1930 Ridge Avenue
Set.aside rental units
847.864.5900
 

Special Needs

Connections for the Homeless Outreach:
Services for homeless on the streets,
36 bed transitional shelter for homeless adults,
housing, social services, and financial assistance for families

847.475.7070 Ex: 140 for Family Services and Prevention
847.424.0945 Ex: 15 for Hilda’s Place Transitional Housing
Ex: 18 for Permanent Supportive Housing
www.cfthinc.org/

Housing Options for the Mentally Ill
Residential or scattered site apartments varying levels of
social services for adults coping with mental illness
847.866.6144
www.housingopt.org/