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Chicago should leverage the growth and momentum of the West Loop to benefit adjacent emerging markets, job seekers, and students in the city’s underserved West Side neighborhoods and the metro area at large. Let's act today.

The city’s Equitable Transit-Oriented Development pilot program awarded micro-grants to 11 projects around Chicago Wednesday. The funding goes up to $20,000, and technical assistance to get projects off the ground is also included.

It may seem like the search for affordable housing is as elusive as a COVID-19 vaccination appointment — a long, arduous process that often includes a waitlist. For Jeanette Freeman, 24, moving from her family’s South Side dwelling to live on her own in a one-bedroom apartment took her all of a year — from launching the search to submitting her name for a Chicago Housing Authority unit in Oso Apartments in Albany Park on the North Side. “I was searching online for affordable...