Housing

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.