by Curtis Black, Community Media Workshop August 7, 2008 – Tenants at the historic Sutherland Apartments are continuing efforts to maintain their building’s affordability, despite long waits for federal housing tax credits administered by the city, which have discouraged several affordable housing groups. “We want to keep it affordable and have a stake in...
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Curtis Black of Community Media Workshop July 28, 2008 – A proposed workforce initiative bringing green-collar jobs to laid-off workers and community residents caps several years of community efforts to save a Logan Square manufacturing plant as a job-providing site. On Wednesday, the City Council is expected to act on a TIF proposal that...
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by Ed Finkel of LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program July 21, 2008 – The building on west North Avenue stands out from its neighbors due to its mostly glass first-floor façade and the only sidewalk tree on the block. The inside feels like a modern college dormitory, with a study room to the left, a...
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by Curtis Black of Community Media Workshop July 16, 2008 – The $4 million in new supportive housing for the homeless cut last week by Governor Blagojevich isn’t much compared to hundreds of millions cut from health care and higher education; the $200 thousand elimated from Housing Opportunities for Women is just slightly more...
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by Curtis Black, Community Media Workshop July 7, 2008 – A new anti-predatory lending program faces uncertain prospects as it takes effect this month – with a state appropriation for expanded mortgage counseling yet to be disbursed by the Illinois Housing Development Authority . The state’s new Anti-Predatory Lending Data Base program began last...
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by Ashley Braden July 3, 2008 – Another high-rise in the ever-expanding South Loop is one step closer to being built, with much support from area residents. However, one community group still hopes to ground the project. Central Station, an $800 million residential development located at Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue, won approval from...
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July 1, 2008 – Like any financial institution, the South Side Community Federal Credit Union has to watch its bottom line. But unlike banks, pay day lenders, and currency exchanges motivated by making a profit, the nearly five-year-old institution, housed near the Red Line “El” Station at Garfield Boulevard, is devoted to building financial...
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by Curtis Black, Community Media Workshop June 30, 2008 – Low-income tenants with Section 8 rental subsidies are increasingly facing eviction from properties going into foreclosure — often with no warning, and with fewer protections than other renters have. Often they’ve been paying rent throughout the foreclosure process, with no knowledge that their tenancy...
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by Lindsay Welbers June 26, 2008 – Students enrolled in the Social Justice Academy at Kelvyn Park High School have produced a documentary called “Shelter: One Community’s Struggle” which highlights the concern of some that rising housing costs could push out longtime Logan Square residents. “We chose gentrification because we saw it happening right...
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Submitted on Fri, 06/08/2007 – 03:45. Story by Jamie Morgan More than 3,000 people who have been incarcerated are expected to attend an expungement summit being held on Saturday, June 9, which is aimed at offering people fresh hope for their futures. The county-wide summit, sponsored by the circuit court clerk, the state’s attorney...
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