In Jefferson Park, on Chicago's Northwest Side, a group of residents has come together with stakeholders to support a proposed development that will contain 80 affordable, accessible units. This new organization, Neighbors for Affordable Housing in Jefferson Park (NfAH), coalesced to respond to explosive and often bigoted opposition to the proposal. With the capacity Chicago Housing Initiative member organizations and the stakeholders leading CHI member organizations, NfAH is leading the way forward in Chicago on the ways in which communities can affirmatively further fair and open housing on a very local level.
A group of North and Northwest Side aldermen have committed to bringing at least 50 CHA-subsidized affordable housing into their wards and called for action on the Keeping the Promise Ordinance. While parts of Chicago have a great deal of subsidized housing, many North Side wards have welcomed very few low-income housing options. The result is a city segregated by race, by resources, and by opportunity. While high-poverty neighborhoods need investment and the replacement of demomlished CHA housing, lower-poverty neighborhoods need to do their part in offering Chicagoans more choices about where they live. On May 9th, Chicago Housing Initiative held a press conference with 7 of the aldermen
