Housing

With East Garfield Park Ripe For Gentrification, Residents Draw Up Blueprint To Protect Themselves: Pascal Sabino, Blockclub Chicago, Mar 16, 2020; The community-driven plan was created over the past year in response to rising rents and new development coming to the area.
East Garfield Park residents fight rising home prices to prevent displacement as West Loop developments push west: Sarah Shulte, ABC7, Mar 10, 2020; Home prices in East Garfield Park have increased by 20% in 2018, making it the highest in Chicago.
Three Ideas Could Shift Housing from Outputs to Outcomes: Kimberly Burrowes, Housing Matters, Jan 22, 2020; In October, the Urban Institute challenged attendees at the Foundations for the Future of Housing conference to design an intervention that could increase stability, well-being, or racial…
Using Data to Inform Community-Driven Decision Making in East Garfield Park: Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University, Oct 31, 2019; A critical component of the Institute for Housing Studies’ (IHS) applied research model includes technical assistance to community groups and custom data analysis that illustrates different…
City Wants To Fix Dangerous West Side Streets By Adding Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Islands And More With $6 Million Infrastructure Plan: Pascal Sabino, Sep 16, 2019; GARFIELD PARK — Some of the most dangerous streets in the city for deadly crashes are on the West Side. Now, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and West Side community members are hoping to change that with…
Member spotlight: Garfield Park Community Council: Steven Vance, Chicago Cityscape, Mar 27, 2019; Allen Bosbyshell is an AmeriCorps/VISTA staffer at the Garfield Park Community Council and answered the survey this month. He works with GPCC’s Housing Specialist La Shone Kelly to increase…
These are the 14 candidates running for Chicago mayor: Chicago Tribune Staff, Jan 27, 2019; Here's what you need to know about each of them.
Chicago Neighborhoods Front and Center at Forum for Mayoral Candidates: Linda Lutton, WBEZ, Jan 13, 2019; Hundreds of Chicagoans from Belmont Cragin to the southeast side packed an auditorium at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Saturday—many of them arriving from their neighborhoods in…
More than 1,000 people pack UIC's mayoral candidate forum focused on improving all Chicago neighborhoods: Bill Ruthart, Chicago Tribune, Jan 12, 2019; A standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,000 people packed the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum on Saturday morning to watch a Chicago mayoral forum focused on doing more to improve all of…
Rising housing prices in distressed neighborhoods foster new worries about gentrification: Corilyn Shropshire, Chicago Tribune, Dec 20, 2018; Some parts of Chicago that historically have seen a pattern of disinvestment are experiencing a significant uptick in housing prices, as a strong economy attracts investors to more neighborhoods.
Rent on the rise: How high will rent in Chicago climb?: Deborah Bayliss, Chicago Defender, Jul 11, 2018; Denitha Polk, like many other Chicago residents with low- to-moderate income, is challenged with financial and other barriers to finding rental housing she can afford. A report released recently by…
Enrolling in energy savings programs: Illinois Science and Education Foundation blog, Jan 5, 2017; Housing Counselor LaShone Kelly talks about the benefits of enrolling in energy education and savings programs.
Chicago Tribune - Residents Get Behind $1 City Lot Program: Jan 7, 2015; GPCC Executive Director Mike Tomas talks about the success of the Large Lots Program in East Garfild Park.
Big Data + Large Lots = Fast Start for City Program: Jul 8, 2014; GPCC Board Member Marie Cole talks with LISC Chicago about the City's Large Lots Program as it comes to Garfield Park.
City's vacant adjacent lot purchase program coming to Garfield Park: May 6, 2014; The City of Chicago talks about the success of its pilot program to sell vacant lots for $1 to adjacent homeowners. The program is expanding to Garfield Park in July.
White House Award for Safer Foundation: Mike Tomas, Sep 1, 2011; Diane Williams, CEO of East Garfield Park's Safer Foundation, was awarded a Champion of Change recipient for the organization's innovative and proven programs supporting formerly incarcerated…
Neighborhood Stabilization: 1 Year Later A Year in the Life of a Foreclosure Rehab: Ash-har Quraishi, WTTW/ Chicago Tonight, Aug 17, 2011; Over the past year and a half, Melvin Bailey, head of the Community Male Empowerment Project, has been working as a developer under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a federal program to rehab…
Residents, city officials give problem liquor store the boot, encourage healthy foods in East Garfield Park: Mike Tomas, Mar 29, 2011; Local residents take a stand to oust troubled liquor store.
New houses, local jobs make for better neighborhoods: Bill Healy, Mar 7, 2011; Developer Melvin Bailey is putting local people to work, renovating foreclosed East Garfield Park homes through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
On West Walnut Street the scenery looks a little brighter: Bill Healy, Feb 17, 2011; The transformation of empty, foreclosed East Garfield Park houses into affordable, for-sale homes is the latest positive trend in the West Side neighborhood.