A redevelopment plan for Chicago's former Harold Ickes Homes advanced Tuesday, with the Chicago Housing Authority's Board approving $3.6 million in predevelopment loans for the project.
Chicagoans are protesting Thursday morning on the North Side near Lake Shore Drive viaducts "to call attention to the mounting problems of homelessness and the lack of affordable housing" in the city.
Homeless people who live under Lake Shore Drive viaducts on the city's North Side are expressing "outrage" over the city's increased cleanings under the viaducts.
A homeless encampment outside the shuttered Stewart Elementary School in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood has been removed after the city fenced off the area Monday.
A Chicago pilot program is underway to house homeless people who live under Lake Shore Drive viaducts on the city's North Side. Homeless encampment residents met with city officials Wednesday to discuss the pilot program's status and what comes next for "Tent City."
A Chicago community group and its partners have saved 44 units of affordable housing for families in gentrifying neighborhoods through the so-called "Renters Organizing Ourselves to Stay" initiative.
From paid sick days to regulations on popular sharing services like Airbnb and Uber, Progress Illinois rounds up highlights from Wednesday's Chicago City Council meeting.
