Leading Practices

  • An internal program that provides a subsidy for housing purchase to employees.

  • The Metropolitan Planning Council partners with Chicago employers to provide employees homeownership counseling and/or financial assistance. The Chicago Neighborhood Housing Services produced this guidebook for employers interested in setting up an employer-assisted housing (EAH) program, including financial and nonfinancial support.

  • Since 2015, Landed has partnered with employers of essential professionals in the healthcare, education, and public administration to provide down payment assistance through a shared equity program. Landed invests up to $120,000 toward home down payments and shares in future gain or loss in the employee’s home value.

  • Aurora Health Care is a not-for-profit integrated health care provider based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that helps employees with housing close to the hospital. A 2008 evaluation showed participating employees performed better, stayed with the company longer and had lower turnover.

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