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‘Granny Flats’ Are Illegal To Build In Most Of Chicago—And Political Gridlock Is Keeping It That Way

by Alex Nitkin and Illinois Answers Project May 27, 2025May 30, 2025

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) or “granny flats” are illegal to build in most of Chicago, but a pilot program allowing them in some areas showed promising results. City officials are divided over their full legalization.

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Developer’s Plans for St. Adalbert Remain Vague

by Emeline Posner June 3, 2024June 6, 2024
Posted inHousing

Are Airbnbs Fueling Gentrification in Pilsen?

by Alma Campos May 22, 2024June 3, 2024
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)
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Affordable Housing Advocates Push for Co-Ops

by Grace Del Vecchio, Sonal Soni and City Bureau January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
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Can The New Affordable Requirements Ordinance Help Solve Chicago’s Housing Inequality?

by Justin Agrelo February 25, 2022March 4, 2022
Illustration: Shane Tolentino
Posted inHousing

The Community Engagement Challenge of Invest South/West

by Jonathan Dale July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
Photo Courtesy of the National Public Housing Museum
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El museo del futuro

by Carlos Ballesteros August 24, 2020September 21, 2020
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Filed Away

by Ian Hodgson April 17, 2019April 22, 2019
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What Is the CHA Doing?

by Jake Bittle April 16, 2019April 19, 2019
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Home Histories: American System-Built Homes

by Taylor Moore April 16, 2019April 22, 2019

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