Better Neighborhoods & Communities

The Community Revitalization Network supports creating exciting, durable homes, neighborhoods and communities in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin by assisting with strategic acquisition and access to community lending and land banking. The CRN interacts with multiple interest groups to encompass current and long term community re-building and development perspectives. In our large scale performance over the Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin tri-state area we can be highly responsive and flexible in leveraging public and private sector funds toward achieving neighborhood stabilization and recovery as an authorized representative of The National Community Stabilization Trust.                                                        More...

National ‘First Look’ Program

The National First Look Program is a first-ever public-private partnership agreement between HUD and the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST. In collaboration with national servicers, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, the First Look program is intended to give communities participating in HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) a brief exclusive opportunity to purchase bank-owned properties in certain neighborhoods so these homes can either be rehabilitated, rented, resold or demolished.                   More...

REOMatch

Cities and local housing practitioners use REOMatch to manage local neighborhood stabilization programs and make more strategic decisions about distressed properties to acquire and renovate. Based on Google map views and real-time data from REO sellers, REOMatch’s features allow users the ability to securely manage property transactions online.               More...