housing
An unusual land transfer agreement between CHA and Sinai will create 300 units of mixed-income housing and a new ambulatory care center.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Developer Brinshore Michaels was chosen today as the developer for another public housing mixed-income community in Chicago. A government watchdog is raising concerns over campaign donations linked to the developer.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
With old public housing nearly torn down, a new museum will help preserve and showcase a piece of the city many residents called home. A free public housing exhibit is scheduled Friday.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Chicago area housing prices are rising - too fast for city residents to afford them, new data shows. Even renting a modest apartment would require earning more than twice the state's minimum wage.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The CHA has decided to demolish parts of the Ickes Homes. Some of the project's land is zoned for commercial development, and the city is secretive with information about the property.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Latino community leaders and social service workers gathered yesterday to discuss how to encourage more homeless Latinos to seek help when they need it
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
CHA's annual report reveals that about half of public housing residents have been able to return to their homes or found subsidized housing in the private market. About 25 percent of those residents can't be accounted for by CHA.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
An audio slideshow takes you inside the making of Music Theater Workshop's new production about growing up in mixed-income housing around Cabrini-Green. The production explores tension between poorer and more affluent neighbors.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Residents say their voices get drowned out at public housing meetings. The issue came to a head at a meeting yesterday, when one public housing resident refused to keep quiet.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The building at 412 W. Chicago was closed late last month, due to concerns about violence. The housing authority says all families have found new places to live, but one resident says some of those families are out on the street.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Residents elected leaders from each development last week, and the votes have now been counted. Officials say problems at polling places may have led to a delay in releasing the results.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Kelvin Canon is stepping aside as president of the Cabrini-Green resident's council. After a prison term, Canon turned his life around and became a community leader.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Residents at a North Side public housing community have been waiting for years find out what will happen to their home. Leaders from the community and housing officials are finally sitting down to create a plan.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
Public housing residents went to the ballot box on Tuesday to elect new leaders, but even the preliminary results of those elections aren't yet available. Officials say votes are still being counted and put off the release of results for another day.
7 months ago | Megan Cottrell
The Board of Trustees will give new employees up to a year to relocate, up from the current six months, in a nod to the region’s tough housing market.
7 months ago | Peter Sachs
