Bannockburn, IL - January 17, 2020 - Great Lakes Credit Union (GLCU) is pleased to announce two new additions to the Housing Counseling team. Stephanie Ban and Violet Flemenbaum recently joined GLCU as Housing Counselors on December 16th, 2019. As certified Housing and Urban Development (HUD) counselors, they help qualify clients for down payment assistance through the HUD first-time homebuyers’ certification program.

Through a recent merger with North Side Community Federal Credit Union, GLCU is now one of only 16 credit unions across the country to offer HUD-approved housing counseling. With this expansion, GLCU's HUD counseling is now available to anyone in the Greater Chicagoland region through the Uptown, Crystal Lake, and North Chicago branch locations.

Sarah Marshall, Chief Community Development Officer of Great Lakes Credit Union stated, “Great Lakes Credit Union is excited to add counselors to the North Chicago and Crystal Lake branches. This new service allows us to better serve our members and local community through personalized, high-quality financial education that supports our mission of helping individuals achieve their financial goals.”

To learn more about GLCU’s HUD-approved housing counseling services visit www.glcu.org/education-and-housing-counseling.  

About Great Lakes Credit Union

Founded in 1938, GLCU continues to be a growing staple in our communities. As a not-for-profit financial institution, chartered by the State of Illinois and insured by the NCUA, we are guided by a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and are proud to serve more than 80,000 members with over $870 million in assets. We are headquartered in Bannockburn, IL and now have 12 branch locations and more than 170 ATMs locally. GLCU also belongs to the CO-OP Shared Branching Network. Members can access accounts nationwide at over 5,600 institutions with thousands of locations in 50 states, and at any of their 30,000 surcharge‐free CO‐OP ATMs.  All 200+ employee-owners pride ourselves on building lifelong relationships with our member-owners and providing them with financial education during all life stages. Learn more at glcu.org