Category: Affordable housing
Ald. Troutman stalls on Columbia Point project in Woodlawn
Yo's truly has been wondering what was taking so long for the latest phases of the Columbia Point development to get underway in Woodlawn, and so has [...]
The CHA's daring experiments
Architect Pat FitzGerald, who's involved in a number of the CHA's mixed-income projects, refers to them as "daring experiments."
A commenter on thi [...]
West Humboldt Park development group plans affordable housing
The West Humboldt Park Family & Community Development Council has a plan to keep affordable housing affordable, according to a story in today's Sun-Ti [...]
South Side developer offers affordable condos at The Woodlands
Yo's truly is looking at "deals" and ways to attain affordable housing in Chicago. We checked out the Chicago Partnership for Affordable Neighborhoods [...]
MLK might have liked this prototype for an affordable North Lawndale home
We meant to mention this yesterday - the Chicago Architecture Foundation's recent Learning from North Lawndale exhibition highlighted the fact that th [...]
Bronzeville group wants to increase property taxes to fund affordable housing on city lots
A group called Housing Bronzeville wants the city to set aside 26 percent of city-owned vacant lots as affordable housing and fund the developments th [...]
Edgewater's Belle Shore apartments a bargain
Art Deco architecture abounds in Edgewater's Bryn Mawr Historic District, located along three blocks of Bryn Mawr Avenue from Lake Shore Drive to Bro [...]
Chicagoland wages lag cost of renting for many
The media has been obsessed with talk of foreclosures and the travails of homeowners as the housing market cools, but it's no cakewalk for renters eit [...]
Being shameless about the homeless
The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) has just released a study contending that there are far more homeless in Chicago than we think.
The CCH [...]
Parkside of Old Town breaks ground
Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," but it was Chicago Housing Authority CEO Sharon Gist Gi [...]
Is Fifth City coming back?
I was about to photograph the construction sign for the Harvest Homes Condominiums, W Fifth Ave and W Adams, just east of Kedzie, when I struck up a c [...]
Do real estate agents encourage illegal conversions?
Illegal conversions of homes into apartments, subdivision of apartments, and room rentals are common in communities that host a lot of immigrants, and [...]
Chicago is winning the "young and restless"
Attracting a young, educated workforce is critical to a city's economic success, and Chicago is doing well on this indicator, according to a recent st [...]
A 3-D look at the CHA's Plan for Transformation
Whatever else you might think about the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation — "the largest reconstruction of public housing in t [...]
Payless Lofts: Logan Square locals divided over affordable housing proposal
A developer has floated a plan to convert the old Morris B Sachs building at 2800 N Milwaukee Ave into affordable housing for homeless people, accordi [...]
New construction replaces Cabrini-Green housing projects
Every time we drive through the Cabrini-Green section of River North, it seems more and more of the neighborhood's notorious public housing struct [...]
Bickerdike wins award for affordable housing in Humboldt Park
Bickerdike Redevelopment recently won a top honor from the Fannie Mae Foundation (PDF) for its Harold Washington Unity Cooperative (PDF), 87 affordabl [...]
Locals react to model CHA project in Bronzeville
The Methods Reporter is a project of graduate students at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
Check out its recent report, from student Eliza [...]
Condo high-rise proposed for Hyde Park
Yo reader The Urban Politician tipped us to the debate happening in Hyde Park over whether a 25-story glass high-rise should be built at the corner o [...]
Is Trump's $28 million penthouse ambitious? Vince likes Palmolive just fine, thanks
Reader Sam asked Yo's truly what was the highest purchase price of a unit in downtown Chicago? Well we did a little digging, and we can't be definitiv [...]