Humboldt Park Affordable Housing Development The Ave Breaks Ground

Vacancy Tax On Landlords Could Help Fill City’s Affordable Housing Gap, UChicago Students Say – Block Club Chicago

“Students are unburdened by institutional inertia,” said Emily Talen, a UChicago urbanism professor and faculty lead of the Kreisman Initiative for Housing Law and Policy. “They’re not afraid to propose bold solutions and challenge conventional thinking.”

Humboldt Park affordable housing development The Ave breaks ground

Humboldt Park residents will soon see an affordable housing development that will also help spur homeownership with a new center operated by the nonprofit Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago. Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials joined partner organizations Preservation of Affordable Housing, developer KMW Communities and Neighborhood Housing Services at a groundbreaking for the project on Friday.“It’s proof positive that when …

Vacancy Tax On Landlords Could Help Fill City’s Affordable Housing Gap, UChicago Students Say

The proposal from three University of Chicago undergrads to invest in neighborhoods by taxing owners of unused housing won top prize at the inaugural Kreisman Initiative Housing Challenge.