Stories from the COVID-19 Pandemic
A few weeks ago several members of the Chicago Housing Initiative gathered to share their stories about COVID-19. Follow the links and...
Chicago Sun Times: Housing Advocates offer Mayor Lightfoot a plan to address city's inequity, s
Mayor Lightfoot was urged Wednesday to replace "patchwork planning by Aldermanic prerogative" with community-development decision-making...
Daily Line: Aldermanic prerogative often retrenches City's segregation in white wards
“In white wards, aldermanic prerogative is often used as a tool of the new Jim Crow,” said one advocate. “It is time for us as a city to...
Crains Chicago: Aldermen seek to Address Affordable Housing, Segregation
A group of about 20 aldermen is reintroducing a series of ordinances aimed at increasing affordable housing in Chicago—in some cases,...
