Fed, Bar Association, Harris Bank sponsor home-buying seminars
Money Smart “Home Buying Workshops” and Law at the Library “Buying and Selling a Home” lectures will provide Chicagoans with the information they need to make informed decisions when purchasing or selling their homes. These programs will help people avoid common home buying mistakes and provide information about the home buying process.
Offered by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Money Smart is a series of financial literacy programs offered to help Chicagoans understand the business of money, gain control of their finances and overall wealth management. Law at the Library is a free monthly lecture series focusing on today’s hot and timely legal topics. Presented by the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago Public Library, each Law at the Library program features a presentation by an experienced attorney followed by a brief question and answer session.
Money Smart “Home Buying Workshops” will be offered at the following locations:
West Englewood Branch
Saturday, February 2 at 1:00 p.m.
1745 W. 63rd Street
Humboldt Park – Program will be offered in both English and Spanish
Saturday, February 2 at 2:00 p.m.
1605 N. Troy
Chinatown Branch – Program will be offered in both English and Chinese
Saturday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m.
2353 S. Wenworth Ave.
Legler Branch
Saturday, February 16 at 11:00 a.m.
115 S. Pulaski Rd.
Archer Heights Branch
Tuesday, February 26 at 6:30 p.m.
5055 S. Archer Ave.
The legal focus of March’s Law at the Library series will be “Buying and Selling a Home.” With spring being the busiest time of year in the residential real estate market, Chicagoans will learn how to avoid common home buying and selling mistakes and gain valuable information about the process. “Buying and Selling a Home” will be offered at the following locations:
Sulzer Regional
Tuesday, March 4 at 7 p.m.
4455 N. Lincoln Ave.
Woodson Regional
Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m.
9525 S. Halsted Street
Harold Washington Library Center
Monday, March 24 at 12:15 p.m.
400 S. State Street
Both series of programs provide Chicagoans with the opportunity to listen to an experienced professional, ask general questions and check out materials on a variety of relevant topics – all for free! All 79 Chicago Public Libraries serve as community centers providing access to books, databases and journals that will help Chicagoans learn more about legal issues. For a complete listing of Money Smart and Law at the Library programs, please visit the Chicago Public Library’s website at chicagopubliclibrary.org.
The Chicago Public Library is comprised of the Harold Washington Library Center, two regional libraries and 76 neighborhood branches. The Chicago Public Library offers a rich resource of books, DVDs, audio books and more, provides free access to the Internet and WiFi in all of its locations, as well as free public programs for children, teens and adults.
The Harold Washington Library Center, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library and Conrad Sulzer Regional Library are all open 7 days a week, the remaining 76 branch libraries are open 6 days a week and patrons can access all of the libraries’ collections online 24 hours a day. For more information, please visit the website at chicagopubliclibrary.org or call the Chicago Public Library Press Office at (312) 747-4050.
