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 HousingOctober 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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