HRI is devoted to providing education, advocacy, and resources to help you purchase, maintain, and keep your home. Our professional services are offered in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties.
Providing Mortgage Assistance
to Prevent Foreclosures
Services for Homebuyers
Give your Family the Home They Want
Get Assistance to Buy a Home in Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth, Waukesha, Washington, and Ozaukee Counties
Housing Resources Inc. was founded in 1991 in the Milwaukee area to provide home buyers with better education and counseling services about homeownership and housing development in the city. Over the years, we have built a reliable track record as an organization dedicated to helping families in need to buy a home.
Currently, we offer our home ownership services to families residing in Milwaukee, Racine, and Waukesha. Our organization’s work contributes to the social community by:
- Helping stabilize the needy families
- Making way for neighborhood improvement
- Supporting homebuyers in building and sustaining value for the future generation
Services for a First-time Home Buyer
Home Buyer Classes
Housing Resources Inc. is dedicated to helping low and moderate-income families to buy a home. As a part of this, we conduct online classes and monthly workshops to provide better homebuyer education. Topics covered include:
- Are you ready to buy a home
- Getting a mortgage loan
- Managing your money
- Shopping for a home
- Understanding credit
- Keep your home and manage your finances
One-on-One Counseling
We also provide one-on-one counseling sessions where experienced specialists advise you on an action plan designed to help you become a first-time homebuyer. We discuss the following:
- Assessing finances, needs, and affordability
- Loan product and lender selection
- Setting goals
- Coordinating pre-approval applications
- Correcting credit & budgeting assistance
- Home inspection review
- Assembling loan packages & processing
- Grant application and qualification
- Assisting in selecting insurance professional
- Loan closing overview
- Real estate broker selection
Grants
Housing Resources Inc. can help you in applying for the following grants:
- Down Payment & Closing Cost Grants
- Downpayment Plus®
- Milwaukee Home Down Payment Program
- Movin’ Out AHP Down Payment Assistance
- Havenwoods Employer Assisted Housing Program
- Homeownership Opportunity Program (HOP)
- Housing Cost Reduction Initiative (HCRI)
- The PATH Program
- Wintrust Down Payment Assistance
- Chase Homebuyer Grant
- HOME Consortium Down Payment Assistance
Services for Home Owners
Mortgage Assistance
Tool-Loan Program
Minor Home Repair
Homeowner Workshops
Post Purchase Counseling
Default Counseling
Reverse Mortgage Counseling
Racine Financial Empowerment Center
Mortgage Assistance Services
Our Esteemed Partners
Housing Resources Inc. is a non-profit organization. We are constantly supported and motivated by the continued cooperation of all our partners and associates.

























12000+
Supported
families to build a home.
1340+
Assisted
first-time homebuyers in getting a
payment grant.
120200+
Helped
people in receiving mortgage
assistance.

