Affordable-Housing Programs Approved for Chicago AreaSusan Chandler
Mayor Brandon Johnson's plan to borrow $1.25 billion for affordable housing delayed The City Council Finance Committee has endorsed the plan after the mayor agreed to give aldermen more oversight of the plan, but a final vote has been put off until Friday at the earliest. ...
The Affordable Housing Program provides a maximum of $900,000 or 75% of the total project cost. The funds must be used toward either the acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of owner-occupied housing for households with incomes at or below 80% of area median income; or to...
“This is a city’s bank for the people, by the people and invested back into the people.” Greentoldthe Chicago Sun-Times. We’re taking a risk on creating new homeowners, on creating affordable housing, on opening small businesses. That’s the only way we can start to see a reductio...
Our pilot program to get 70 people living under the viaducts along Lake Shore Drive directly into housing is now underway. We have had a number of meetings with housing advocates, the folks living under the viaducts, city departments, and other community leaders to create a plan that will ...
the new residential development seeks to redefine Chicago’s skyline. Composed of 635 residential units in its first phase, 20% of which are designated as affordable housing, the scheme also outlines the design of DuSable Park. Phase one of the project has officially commenced, occupying the la...
Affordable housing added to the neighborhood mostly took the form of large, privately-owned, publicly-subsidized affordable housing buildings. They were primarily funded by HUD grants and allowed a large number of low-income residents to stay in the neighborhood. Uptown as a whole, but also ...
The city of Chicago has spent more than $4 million paying outside attorneys to fight a lawsuit that slams the city for failing to make its affordable housing program accessible. In addition to the legal costs, the case could also jeopardize the city’s chance at millions of dollars in grant...
The Affordable Housing of New York City, New York Among the most exciting developments of 2015 was the publication ofAffordable Housing in New York, edited by Matthew Lasner and Nicholas Bloom. I contributed a photography essay and dozens of additional images to the book. The project extendsmy ...
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