Perspectives
Thirty-five years ago, Harold Washington changed what Chicago’s mayor could be
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When he started his first term in 1983, the city’s first black mayor brought a new approach to governing by refusing to play the boss.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Closing South Chicago YMCA continues neighborhood divestment trend
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Residents feel shut out of the decision that puts the future of senior housing, youth programs and other services at stake.
Housing
After years of scamming black homeowners, Mark Diamond finally charged
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The businessman who feds say defrauded elderly women, mostly on the West Side, out of millions in a reverse mortgage scheme will remain jailed awaiting trial.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
What’s at stake for Chicago and Illinois under President Trump
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Here’s a roundup of how the Trump administration’s stated policy goals would interact with local laws on immigrant and religious protections, healthcare, housing, education and law enforcement.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Mayor’s comments reveal hypocrisy of his administration’s housing policies
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By both holding back vouchers and planning to cut public housing units from Lathrop Homes, CHA is failing to expand opportunities for poor families.
Housing
Proposed HUD ban lights up debate about smoking
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Experts and residents are divided on the benefits and fairness of a national smoking ban in public housing units.
Public housing, private security
HUD orders Chicago housing complex to correct security problems
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Some housing experts say the federal agency’s action won’t address oversight issues at Section 8 properties.
Public housing, private security
Section 8 residents claim private security company harasses them
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Tenants at a federally subsidized complex on Chicago’s Far South Side allege discrimination, harassment and excessive force by armed guards, raising concerns about HUD oversight.
Perspectives: The Powers That Be
Proposed ordinance aims to hold CHA to its promises
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The housing agency has kept low-income and homeless families waiting while sitting on a $440 million surplus.
Housing
Dismantling the towers
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Twenty years after the demolition of Henry Horner Homes on the city’s Near West Side, former residents don’t think mixed-income housing is working for them.