Join us for our next Public Newsroom Visualizing Our Dream Community Spaces with Imagine Englewood IF! This community conversation and workshop will center how to support and uplift young people in ...

Co-op members, city officials and organizers weigh in on whether limited-equity housing co-ops can provide affordable and sustainably priced housing.

Experts say an eviction avalanche is coming. But thousands of Chicago renters have already been pushed to the brink of the housing cliff.

As the country braces for a possible eviction crisis in which one million Illinois residents may face eviction, Chicago lawmakers are set to debate a proposed ordinance that would provide tenants with ...

A Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is a legally binding contract between a community and a developer that includes commitments the developer will make to the neighborhood, in exchange for the ...

Countless issues are on the table this mayoral election, but housing continues to be top of mind for Chicago residents. "I think any mayoral candidate needs to be a housing advocate,” said Roderick ...

A guide about fundamental rights for day laborers in Chicago and information on how to navigate worksites better.

One housing complex can’t reverse decades of historical trends — but city officials hope 43 Green can be a model for equitable development.

Five recently arrived migrants say criminal trespassing enforcement at a Southwest Side Home Depot has escalated to alleged physical assaults by security personnel, including multiple off-duty Chicago ...

Explore data on how every precinct in Illinois voted on the U.S. President, U.S. Senate and the Illinois tax amendment.

This story was produced by City Bureau, a civic journalism lab in Bronzeville, and co-published by the Chicago Reader. For the last century, housing cooperatives have provided residents of major ...

This fall I curated a series of Public Newsrooms that we called, “Community Care in the 2020 Election: We Gon Be Alright,” which began by talking about building safe space. On Nov. 21 at Experimental ...