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Chicago Sun Times: Housing Advocates offer Mayor Lightfoot a plan to address city's inequity, s

Mayor Lightfoot was urged Wednesday to replace "patchwork planning by Aldermanic prerogative" with community-development decision-making...

Daily Line: Aldermanic prerogative often retrenches City's segregation in white wards

“In white wards, aldermanic prerogative is often used as a tool of the new Jim Crow,” said one advocate. “It is time for us as a city to...

Crains Chicago: Aldermen seek to Address Affordable Housing, Segregation

A group of about 20 aldermen is reintroducing a series of ordinances aimed at increasing affordable housing in Chicago—in some cases,...

For Immediate Release – Citywide Launch of the Our Home, Chicago Campaign!

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WATCH: Chicago Tonight on Rent Control: The Cases for and against it

CHI member organizations are working to "Lift the Ban" against rent control statewide. Rent Regulation is an immediate pathway to...

Sun-Times: Rent control gets new lease on life from two Democratic gov candidates

A topic of great concern to our member organization, rent control, until now the domain of Chicago’s far political left, could be going...

Newsweek: Ben Carson Protesters Say “He’s Not Here to Help” at Chicago Housing Meeting

"Activists gathered on Monday to protest a meeting with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson in Chicago."

WGN Feature Story: The Affordable Housing Crisis in a Segregated Chicago

In Jefferson Park, on Chicago's Northwest Side, a group of residents has come together with stakeholders to support a proposed...

Press Round-up: Aldermen push for Affordable Housing Ordinance to Fight Segregation and Chicago'

A group of North and Northwest Side aldermen have committed to bringing at least 50 CHA-subsidized affordable housing into their wards...

From WTTW's Chicago Tonight: Chicago's Critical Rental Shortage for Impoverished Households

"For extremely low-income households, there is a shortage of affordable housing across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday...

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Stories from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Daily Line: "This is theft." Housing organizers accuse developers of skirting affordable

WBEZ: New Task Force Seeks More Inclusionary Housing in Chicago