Chicago Reporter (https://www.chicagoreporter.com/tag/affordable-housing/)
After years of unfulfilled promises and inadequate housing initiatives, it’s time for elected officials to get serious about integrating the city.
For nearly a century, aldermanic prerogative has stymied the development of affordable housing by creating a patchwork of zoning control unique to Chicago.
Organizers aim to avert gentrification brought on by the Obama library through an ordinance that would require the city and the University of Chicago to protect and support nearby residents.
Poor students continue to bear the brunt of Chicago’s newly approved plans to shut down more public schools.
Given Woodlawn’s history, neighborhood organizers want to ensure the presidential center will benefit black residents, not displace them.
Residents feel shut out of the decision that puts the future of senior housing, youth programs and other services at stake.
Despite Barack Obama’s verbal assurances that his presidential center will benefit the surrounding community, many residents want a written guarantee that black families won’t be pushed out.
The city is overdue for rent stabilization measures that would help stem gentrification and displacement.
Developers buying shuttered Chicago schools face stiff competition for tax credits that make their repurposing plans viable.
The mayor backs a gun law that will send more black people to prison and won’t support a Jefferson Park housing project facing racist opposition.