Press Archives


2007 

January 21: Crain's Chicago Business
Affordable Housing is hedge against the dying middle class.

December 26:                                                                                    Press Release: Evergreen Terrace Apartments Residents Fight for their homes                                                                                                    Herald News (Joliet, Ill.): Tenants sue Joliet to keep Evergreen Housing Project

Chicago Tribune: Joliet sued over plans to raze complex                          WBEZ-FM: Low income residents sue the city of Joliet                              News Channel 2 CBS: Chicago Low income residents sue Joliet over housing

September 20: Chicago Reader
Housing, Schmousing

June 1: Chicago Defender
West Side Woman Seeks to Improve Lawndale

May 14: Chicago Sun-Times
City OKs Mayor's Affordable Housing Plan

Summer: Development News
Chicago Expands Mandatory Affordable Housing for Private Residential Development

January 26: Chicago Defender
Bill "Dock" Walls Lays Out His Ideas for Affordable Housing in City

January 24: Chicago Defender
Housing Watchdog Group Says Chicago's Pricing Minorities Out of City


2006

November 15: Chicago Defender
Providing Shelter for Others ...

November 6: Chicago Defender
Teesee's Town: Celebration Time!

November: Breakthroughs- HUDUSER Regulatory Barriers Newsletter
Tax Policies to Support Affordable Housing

October 28: Chicago Tribune
Concrete Blocked in New City Buildings

October 23: Crain's Chicago Business
Daley Seeks to Slow Condo Conversions 

October 11:                                                                                     Chicago Sun Times: Daley Backs Incentives for Affordable Homes          Chicago Tribune: Daley Proposes Compromise on Housing

August 24:
Washington Post: An Honor and a Boon for Nine Nonprofits
Chicago Tribune: Beyond Geniuses, MacArthur Awards Small Nonprofits                                                                                 United Press International: Creativity Awards Announced                      Reuters: MacArthur 'Genuis' Grants Go to Nine Nonprofit Groups                                                                                                  The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Small Charities Win Grants From A Big Foundation

August 23: Chicago Sun Times
Lack of Affordable Housing Is Costly


2005

January 26: Chicago Defender
Proposed Ordinance Will Set Aside Some New Housing for Low-Income Families


2004

July 10: People's Weekly World
Chicago Unions, Tenants Fight for Housing

May 5: Chicago Sun Times
Revised Housing Set-aside Plan Ready, but Mayor Still Opposed

February 3
Report: Housing Squeeze Worsens

February 3: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Final Edition
Housing Costs Hurt More ; 800,000 in State Pay 3rd of Income on Rent, Mortgage

January 28: Chicago Tribune, South-Southwest Final, SSW Edition    Developer Bonuses Key in Zoning Plan; City Builders Get Incentives to Build Affordable Units


2003

October 8: Chicago Tribune, South-Southwest Final                               Plan to Close Joliet Complex Hit 

October 21: CRN Editorial
Keeping Evergreen Best Bet for Tenants 

October 21: Chicago Tribune Reporter                                                   Joliet Presses Owner of Complex: Criticism mounts in wake of killing

October 21: Chicago Sun Times
Will Low-Income Housing Near Joliet Casino Be Torn Down?                 

October 20: Crain's Chicago Business                                                    A Showdown Brews in Joliet: Gidwitz, Weller at odds over low-income housing

August 23: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Final Edition                                   The Real Impact of Housing Set-Asides

August 13: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Final Edition                             The Push for Affordable Housing

April 11: Chicago Tribune, West Final Edition
Low-Income Housing Gains Favor; Poll Sees a Shift in Public Opinion


2001 

October 17: Chicago Tribune, South Sports Final Edition                         CHA Board OKs '02 Plans to Rehab, Build 6,500 units; Activists, Experts Raise Questions Over Funds, Land



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