Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and police superintendent David Brown voiced aspirations for the upcoming summer to be the.
The Benefits of Co-Location for Affordable Housing
David Block of Evergreen Real Estate on how dual-purpose developments can serve multiple needs of low-income residents and communities. May262021
David Block
The U.S. is short more than 7 million homes for extremely low-income renters, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. And this gap, calculated using data from the 2019 American Community Survey, has only grown over the past year due to the economic hardship created or, in many cases, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cities need more affordable housing, and while there’s no single solution to the problem, co-location has emerged as a strategy that has proven successful in getting new projects financed and built.
By Benjamin Cox on May 17, 2021 at 1:38pm
A former Illinois State Treasurer received a major endorsement to become the next Illinois Secretary of State.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Alex Giannoulias won the endorsement of the 22-county Southern Illinois Democratic Chairs’ Association yesterday for the March 2022 primary. In addition, Giannoulias said he also received 4 other Downstate counties’ endorsements.
Giannoulias is among 5 Democrats who are seeking to replace Jesse White. White is the state’s longest serving secretary of state, and has been in the post since 1999. White said late last year that he will not seek re-election.
Giannoulias is up against 3
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2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards
Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library
2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards Recipient, Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library, Chicago, IL, SOM
Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library
Location: Chicago, IL
Chicago s Taylor Street
Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library is an example of an emerging
building typology that blends a mixed-income residential building with a
bustling public library. It is also the city s first co-located project for the
Chicago Housing Authority and Chicago Public Library. Situated on the corner of
West Taylor and Ada streets on the city s West Side, the new facility