Sweet Home Chicago Ordinance

Battle Over Affordable Housing Leads To Shake-Up Among Black Aldermen

Posted 07.19.2011

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Alderman Howard Brookins of Chicago's 21st Ward was chosen as the leader of the City Council's black caucus, after the group's previous leader stepped...

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Chicago Power and Sweet Home: One Step Forward, One Step Back

Joe Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Moore

Make no mistake about it: pollution from the ancient Fisk and Crawford coal-burning plants affects all of us in Chicago. Dirty air doesn't respect ward boundaries.

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Not-So-Sweet Home Chicago: A Report from the City Council

Joe Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Moore

Not every self-proclaimed affordable housing plan is reasonable or workable, but Sweet Home Chicago presents a way to make affordable housing a greater reality for the entire city of Chicago.

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Affordable Housing Ordinance Stalled By Political Maneuvering

Posted 05.25.2011

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An ordinance that would mandate city spending on affordable housing stumbled yesterday on a point of protocol designed to make government more transpa...

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Fighting For An Affordable Housing Law, Against City Hall

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Save for a single tree, the lot at 3230 W. Armitage is completely bare. It's plenty big, wide enough for two or maybe three brownstones, but there's n...

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