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There are few options to be found for low- and moderate-income workers hoping to live near public transportation in Chicago’s northern suburbs, according to a new report by the Winnetka, Il-based Open Communities and the Center for Neighborhood Technology. The report, titled Quality of Life, Equality of
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) opposes a proposal made to the City Council that would allow the city to use eminent domain to take properties at risk of foreclosure and refinance the mortgages to prevent foreclosures.
Communities across the nation are facing a problem that until recently primarily plagued urban areas, the supply and maintenance of rental housing and control of their health and safety features in the wake of the foreclosure crisis.
Affordable Housing Partners, owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, will invest in a $29 million center for seniors on Medicaid in the Chicago suburb of Lansing. Affordable Housing is a subsidiary of Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway
A two-year trial program intended to reduce crime in large apartment complexes is approved by the Batavia, IL city council. The new law requires landlords of large apartment buildings to complete a Crime Free Rental
The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust provides $2.1 million of union pension capital to aid the construction of 42 affordable housing units in an extensive housing development in Joliet, IL. The union's investment gets it
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (D) crafts a plan to use Tax Increment Financing (TIF) revenues to provide assistance to first time homeowners who buy vacant homes requiring substantial rehabilitation.
A study of Chicago's public housing shows tenants displaced by housing demolitions continue to live in segregated low-income neighborhoods despite possession of Sec. 8 housing vouchers subsidizing their
A move by the Chicago City Council to set aside about $100 million a year to build or preserve affordable housing is placed on the legislative backburner while backers map plans to circumvent a
Seniors living in the Chicago Housing Authority's rehabilitated Kenmore Senior Apartments will have heated bathroom floors when the 100 units are ready to accommodate tenants