Housing Archives – South Side Weekly

Obama Presidential Center. Photo by Max Blaisdell

Will Community Benefits Extend Past Woodlawn?

by Max Blaisdell March 21, 2023March 28, 2023

Obama Center activists draw on popular referenda to pressure candidates into delivering housing protections for South Shore

Tudor Gables in March 2023. Visual by Jason Schumer and Lilly Astrow.

The Multi-Million-Dollar Corporation

by Emeline Posner February 25, 2023March 5, 2023

Kimberly Turner and her grandmother, Marion Turner, at the Woolman-Washington housing cooperative, where they both live in separate apartments. Marion, 93, was a part of the original cohort that started the cooperative in the early 1980s. (Photo:Grace Del Vecchio/City Bureau)

Affordable Housing Advocates Push for Co-Ops

by Grace Del Vecchio, Sonal Soni and City Bureau January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

As Investors Buy More Homes Around the Obama Presidential Center Gentrification Worries Soar

by Manny Ramos and Illinois Answers Project January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

The Castle on Drexel

by Emeline Posner January 12, 2023February 6, 2023

The Joy and Struggles of Building a Housing Co-op

by Annabel Rocha, Jhaylin Benson, Jerrel Floyd and City Bureau December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

Centering Community by Recalling the Past

by David Zegeye October 24, 2022October 24, 2022

Returning Citizens Still Face Barriers Despite Protective Policies

by Kelli Duncan October 10, 2022October 13, 2022

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Tenants Going Through “Hell” at 312 Properties

by Emeline Posner July 27, 2022August 17, 2022

Op-Ed: What’s Wrong With Chicago’s Building Code

by Robin Bartram June 30, 2022June 30, 2022