Homes of the “Homeless”
The dwellings of Chicago’s “homeless” reflect just how much effort and creativity people put into making “homes,” whether they’re tucked
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Housing
Chicago’s Reverse Migration: On Black Flight and Its Challenges
“I grew up around residential, beautiful homes and generations of family. My teacher was the same teacher my mother had.
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Why the Chicago Housing Authority Failed to Meet Its Mixed Income Ambitions
“As long as I’ve got breath in my body, I’m going to represent those public housing residents,” [tenant leader Natalie]
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Happy anniversary, Marktown: 100th year surviving
By Jingzhe(Kelly) Wang Marktown, in East Chicago, Indiana, is less than a half hour drive from the south side of
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Hundreds experience housing horrors at West Side Haunted House
By Alexandria Johnson Meet Constance: a local real estate agent with spiky white hair, dark sunken eyes and an “exciting
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Immersive theater and social commentary in West Humboldt Park Haunted House this weekend
By Alexandria Johnson Abandoned buildings, hunger, lead poisoning and bed bugs: all real housing fears Americans still face following the
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Renewing Woodlawn through increasing homeownership
By Yingxu Jane Hao In 1983, Ronnie Nelson bought his first two-flat on Rhodes Avenue in Woodlawn. This May, he
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