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Community Development + Empowerment Series 2020

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CRN Releases Comments on City Budget

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Anti-Displacement Policies: Past and Future

Latest news and announcements

  1. May 19, 2020

    Read the latest NetworkNews

  2. May 11, 2020

    COVID-19 Updates and Resources

  3. April 17, 2020

    April 17, 2020 NetworkNews

  4. March 26, 2020

    March 26, 2020 NetworkNews

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Important dates and deadlines

  1. Oct 1

    Finance Skills for Real Estate

    9:00am

    Zoom webinar

  2. Nov 2

    Proforma Development

    9:00am

    Zoom webinar

  3. Dec 1

    Sources of Development Financing

    9:00am

    Zoom webinar

  4. Jan 20

    Single Family Housing Development

    2:00pm

    Zoom webinar

More dates and deadlines »

Chicago Rehab Network helps develop and preserve safe, affordable housing in the Chicago metropolitan area through advocacy, research, and training

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CRN's members are more than 40 community development organizations serving more than 60 communities

“The Chicago Rehab Network has been a strong and indispensable trade organization for the not-for-profits that are both involved in the development of affordable housing and advocating for it.”

—Joy Aruguete, Executive Director, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

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The Chicago Rehab Network is a proud recipient of the 2006 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

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