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Chicago real estate brokers accused of discriminating against housing voucher holders
A housing watchdog group provided screenshots of text messages in dozens of exchanges that showed agents and landlords ...
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...
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José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76
José “Cha ... in Chicago to uplift minority and low-income communities, and rallying for an independent Puerto Rico. Bobby Rush, former member of Congress, co-founder of the Illinois Black ...
Deerfield development will turn vacant office property into senior housing; ‘It addresses a critical need’
The project “exemplifies the importance” of the Illinois Supportive Living Program, which offers personal care and services ...
America’s oldest Black town is in Illinois — and it’s dying. But the fight has begun to save it.
You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or that it’s thought to be the first majority-Black town in America to ...
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Discrimination based on source of income still widespread despite new Illinois law, housing advocates say; recent lawsuits may change that
It can take years, sometimes decades, to get off the waitlist for a housing voucher. About 18,000 households are on the CHA’s waitlist. When the agency last opened the waitlist for four weeks in ...
America’s oldest Black town is in metro-east. It’s dying, but there’s a fight to save it
Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and forgotten like so many other significant events in African American history.” ...
Chicago developer Daniel Levin has died at 94
Levin founded East Bank Club and the Habitat Company, which has developed thousands of apartment and condo units.
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This Illinois city has been named the country's ‘hottest housing market'
The community of nearly 150,000 residents, Illinois' fifth largest city, now stands out for another reason. Rockford ranked No. 1 on Realtor.com's list of the Hottest Housing Markets in December ...
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Daniel Levin, housing developer who buffed up his portfolio with East Bank Club, has died
That project, with townhomes, affordable and senior housing and a retail component ... For 23 years, until 2010, Levin oversaw new Chicago Housing Authority projects as a receiver appointed ...
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Surprising Illinois City Becomes the Hottest Housing Market for the First Time
An Illinois city is ... about 90 miles northwest of Chicago and 90 miles southwest of Milwaukee, topped last year's Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com list of housing markets to watch, which ...