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When housing assistance fails
So, what’s going on? In a new documentary called Poverty, Politics and Profit, NPR and PBS Frontline reporters set out to answer that...
May 12, 2017
9 grants and programs to help first-time homebuyers
In short, purchasing a home isn’t a financial step to take lightly. Perhaps that’s why 74 percent of millennials say that saving for a...
May 9, 2017
Spike in property values has homeowners appealing to assessor
You can’t do much about most taxes. If you want to buy something in Cook County, you have no choice but to pay the 9 percent sales tax....
May 4, 2017
Volunteer rehab project renovates 21 homes in Robbins
“I was praying (I’d make it) because I didn’t have the money,” the Robbins woman said. Brown’s home hadn’t had any major renovation or...
May 1, 2017
2017 VAD Academies: Indianapolis and Hartford
In 2017, there are two VAD Academies: Indianapolis, Indiana, and Hartford, Connecticut. The curriculum for each Academy is the same, and...
Apr 26, 2017
The “rebuilders” of Chicago’s Southland
Neighborhood in Park Forest, IL Charnese Davis bought a house in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood for herself and her three sons in...
Apr 25, 2017
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 4, 2017
Foreclosures here shrink to pre-crisis levels
Only eight out of more than 250 Chicago-area ZIP codes had more than a sliver of their housing stock in foreclosure in February. That’s...
Mar 17, 2017
What if we stopped considering housing an investment?
Homeownership is considered a basic component of the American Dream, but shelter is also a basic necessity. “Rising milk prices are...
Mar 7, 2017
Tinley Park says home builder eyeing Panduit site
Panduit has a “letter of intent” from CalAtlantic to redevelop the property, northeast of the intersection of 175th Street and Ridgeland...
Feb 21, 2017
March 4: Congresswoman Kelly to host Housing Expo
Please share with your communities.
Feb 14, 2017
Cook County Land Bank Authority makes more than 4k once tax-delinquent vacant lots available for sal
The 4,437 properties are available in 22 community areas, primarily on Chicago’s West and South sides and in 12 west and south suburbs,...
Feb 2, 2017
U.S. Steel picks buyer for massive South Works site
A joint venture between Barcelona Housing Systems and WELink has emerged as the winner bidder for the long-vacant site, which spans 430...
Jan 30, 2017
Jan 20, 2017
I-REFI Program provides up to $50k in grants to underwater homeowners
BMO Harris is partnering with the Illinois Housing Development Authority, South Suburban Housing and the Village of Dolton to assist...
Jan 19, 2017
Southland properties cited in housing maintenance lawsuit against Fannie Mae
Image courtesy of the South Suburban Housing Center Homes in the south and southwest suburbs, as well as northwest Indiana, are cited in...
Dec 8, 2016
Health center planning to resume in Tinley
After considering, and ultimately rejecting, hiring a consultant to study whether a youth sports complex would work on the site,...
Dec 8, 2016
Far South Side homeowners question Red Line extension’s impact on property values
“We have not done an appraisal on the home, but the asking price is $35,000. If you look at the market in that area that’s what they are...
Dec 6, 2016
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