An op-ed on how Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for equal homeownership changed one family’s life across generations.

Construction has begun on seven two-flat homes in North Lawndale, the first tangible result of Chicago’s push to create more ...

The city is selling its empty lots to developers for $1 and offering up to $150,000 in funding to boost medium-density ...

Developer Citizens Building a Better Community will construct seven two-flats on vacant land, with project costs at $5.4 ...

The first project approved as part of Chicago’s Missing Middle Infill Housing Initiative broke ground in the North Lawndale neighborhood, a development that will bring seven two-flats to several ...

Now a story that's often full of contradictions and controversy - the story of public housing in this country. There's a documentary play on stage in Chicago that's tackling this. It's called "The ...

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today announced it has awarded $52 million through its 2025 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund round to help finance 37 housing ...

Chicago is sending $33M to 58 neighborhood projects, including a Black‑owned brewery and a Little Village visitor center.

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Chicago’s high housing and mortgage rates, low inventory, stagnant wages and dwindling job prospects leave Gen Z workers with an unfortunate reality: Forget buying. Many struggle to simply move out of ...