STEP 01
Take the check
Two minutes of easy questions about your work, your timeline, and where you want to land. Nothing official gets touched, and there is no credit pull.
For Chicago nurses first
You take care of Chicago. Come home to something that's yours.
Keys to the City is a free program for nurses and the people who keep this city running. Take the two-minute check, get the free Illinois Nurse Homebuyer Guide, and be first in line as programs open in Chicago.
Free. No credit check. No documents needed.
Built for shift schedules. Do this on the train, on break, or at 3am. It keeps your place either way.
2 minutes
No credit check
A real guide, free
How it works
Three steps. Zero bank-speak.
Checking costs nothing, pulls nothing, and commits you to nothing.
STEP 02
Get the guide
The Illinois Nurse Homebuyer Guide lands in your inbox, free. Programs by name, shift income explained, the whole road in plain English.
STEP 03
Be first in line
Chicago nurses are the founding cohort. As programs open for your segment, you hear it first.
Why this exists
Who takes care of you?
You clock in when the rest of the city clocks out. You have covered the shift nobody wanted, stayed the extra hour that turned into four, and driven home at sunrise past block after block of houses with the lights still off.
The city has been yours for years. Now put your name on a piece of it.
Keys for Nurses is the front door built for Illinois nurses and healthcare workers. A free guide that explains the whole road before anyone asks you for anything, and a founding list that puts you first as real programs open in Chicago.
Free download
The Illinois Nurse Homebuyer Guide
The road from renting to keys, written for people who work twelves, not bankers' hours. Yours free, whether or not you ever talk to anyone.
- The down payment myth, in plain terms
- What counts as income when you work shifts, differentials, and overtime
- Illinois and Chicago homebuyer programs worth knowing, by name
- Credit and student loans, the straight story
- The documents to start saving now, so nothing catches you off guard
Every program fact in the guide carries its source and the date we verified it.
Who it is for
Every profession gets its own front door.
Chicago nurses are first. Every other door opens in sequence, and saving your spot is free.
Now open
Keys for Nurses
Nurses, CNAs, and healthcare workers. The founding cohort, open now in Chicago.
Start the check
Opening soon
Keys for Firefighters
Firefighters and first responders. Save your spot and hear it first.
Save your spot
Opening soon
Keys for Teachers
Teachers and school staff. Save your spot and hear it first.
Save your spotPolice officers, doctors, and tech workers: your doors are on the way too. The two-minute check saves your place in line for any profession.
What we are, and what we are not
Keys to the City is a marketing service operated by Project Baseline. We are not a lender and nothing here is an offer or commitment to lend.
We built this so the people who keep this city running can see, in plain language, what may be possible. No pressure at any step, and your information is never sold.
In a category full of fine print and asterisks, we would rather say the quiet part in display type.
Chicago, specifically
Starter homes are real here.
Portage Park
Brick bungalows on quiet blocks
Chatham
Classic two-flats with income upstairs
Beverly
Brick colonials and wide porches
On a Chicago nurse's income, in Chicago neighborhoods, ownership is genuinely worth checking. The guide shows you where nurses are actually buying, and what those blocks look like.
Straight answers
The questions nurses actually ask.
Do I really need 20 percent down?
Most first-time buyers put down far less than people assume. The free Illinois Nurse Homebuyer Guide walks through what down payments actually look like for first-time buyers, and the programs built to help, in plain English.
Will this touch my credit?
No. The two-minute check is not an application and does not involve a credit check. It is a short set of questions that helps us send you the right information as programs open.
What about my student loans?
Student loans do not automatically close the door. How they count depends on the program and your full picture. The guide has a plain-English chapter on credit and student debt.
I work shifts. What counts as income?
Overtime, differentials, and agency income may all be part of the conversation, depending on the program and your history. The guide explains how lenders typically read a nurse's paycheck, so none of it is a mystery.
Who is behind this?
Keys to the City is a marketing service operated by Project Baseline, a Chicago company. We are not a lender, and nothing on this site is an offer or commitment to lend. The straight talk section says the rest in plain view.
Two minutes, start to finish
Your shift ends. Your city stays yours.
Free to check. Not an application, and there is no credit pull. Quiz answers are never an eligibility decision; only a licensed loan officer can walk you through what programs you may qualify for.
