Directory of Housing Resources

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Includes links to sites related to Chicago housing, including affordable and low-income housing, co-operatives, tenant rights, fair housing, and homelessness.

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• Homelessness

Resources in This Category

• Chicago Housing Authority: the Architecture of Exploitation

  http://thefrictioninstitute.org/
  Offers investigations and viewpoints into the Section 8 housing, including photos, articles, and related links.

• Januarymagazine.com - Book Review of "To Walk in My Shoes"

  http://www.januarymagazine.com/biography/walkinmy.html
  Author writes about a life in Cabrini Green.

• Metropolitan Tenants Organization

  http://www.tenants-rights.org/
  Organizes, empowers, and educates tenants in Chicago.

• NPR : New Low-Rise Communities for High-Rise Chicago

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1843888
  The story of Jeanine Ingram, a Chicago resident who relocated to a new home as part of the city housing authority's 'Plan for Transformation.' Under the plan, Chicago is tearing down old high-rise projects in favor of low-rise communities. [7:38 streaming audio broadcast.]

• Socialistworker.org - Kicked out of Chicago public housing

  http://www.socialistworker.org/2002-1/410/410_06_ChcgoPublicHousing.shtml
  A criticism of the projected results of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) "Plan for Transformation."

• Voices of Cabrini - Remaking Chicago's Public Housing

  http://ronitfilms.com/films/voicesofcabrini.html
  A documentary film looking at the redevelopment of Cabrini Green, an infamous housing project known for drugs, poverty and gangs, and how the strong community of African-American residents are moving forward.

• We The People Media

  http://www.wethepeoplemedia.org/
  A publication by and for the residents of Chicago Public Housing. Includes issues, archives, urban youth journalism, subscriptions and support, awards received, links, and contacts.

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