When are we going to address the affordable housing scam? In Chicago, they are averaging $750k-1m to build a 1-2 bedroom apartment. I have many projects w/ these excessive budgets all to control Democrat voters. We need OWNERSHIP! 🤞🏾
35 people were shot this weekend. Seven lost their lives. In one incident alone, 12 people were shot. What a devastating weekend for Chicago. Gun violence is up 10% this year and continues to move in the wrong direction.
While City Hall focuses on press releases and political talking points, entire Black communities are being traumatized, devastated, and buried at alarming rates. The ongoing loss of Black life in our neighborhoods should be treated as the emergency it is. Chicago’s leaders must be judged by safer streets and saved lives, not rhetoric.
I hate watching politicians play politics with any group of people for votes. Then these groups actually think he did something for them when he just put together a study or a tweet that we don’t even understand lol
For too many transgender Chicagoans, the sense of belonging they deserve in their city has been denied by exclusion and barriers to opportunity in spaces that should feel safe and welcoming. Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. This framework builds on that work by centering the voices and lived experiences of trans Chicagoans to chart a path toward a safer, more connected city.
Happy Father’s Day to all of the fathers out there!!
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, who taught me that being a man is about more than words, it’s about responsibility, sacrifice, and showing up when it matters most. As a father of boys, I’m committed to passing those same values down to them every day. I teach them to lead with character, work hard for what they want, respect others, stand up for what’s right, and never let their circumstances define their future.
My goal isn’t just to raise good kids, it’s to raise strong, confident young men who will make a positive impact on the world. That’s the legacy my father helped start, and it’s the legacy I’m proud to continue. Happy Father’s Day, Dad. ❤️👑
I won’t be attending the Obama Presidential Center opening. I stand with the Black contractors and workers who have been left behind. The African American Contractors Association has reported that at least 10 Black-owned firms are owed millions of dollars for work connected to the project. At the same time, President Obama declined to support a Community Benefits Agreement that many residents believed could have helped protect longtime Black families from displacement and rising housing costs.
The South Side deserved development that created wealth and stability for the people who stayed through decades of disinvestment. Instead, too many Black contractors are still fighting to get paid, and too many Black residents are being pushed out of the very neighborhood this project was supposed to uplift. Progress should be measured by how the community benefits not by the size of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Secretary @Giannoulias , your message about public safety is impossible to reconcile with what happened to my daughter.
Katie was killed by an intoxicated illegal immigrant who obtained an Illinois driver's license through the system you oversee. And despite a horrible background.
Two young women lost their lives because multiple safeguards failed.
What has changed since Katie's death?
What accountability has anyone taken?
What reforms have been implemented to ensure this never happens again?
If you cannot answer those questions, then you should resign immediately.
Public office is not about social media videos or political ambition.
It is about accepting responsibility when the systems under your watch fail.
Katie deserved better. Illinois families deserve better.
Every time I throw an event, hundreds stand in line to support me. I also stand in line to greet them all. Teaching community building and economics is always a joy! #GenerationalGreen
Yesterday’s storms caused fallen trees, damaged property, and power outages across Chicago, but they also reminded us what makes this city special. Neighbors are helping neighbors, checking on seniors, clearing debris, sharing resources, and supporting one another while crews work to restore power.
Time and time again, Chicagoans show that when challenges arise, we come together as one community. Our resilience, compassion, and willingness to lend a hand is what truly makes this city great. I’ll be doing my part, let’s all continue to be the community I know we can be. 💚🤞🏾 #Chicago
Good, keep doing this. Make your cringey videos about licenses and open up dmv’s. Be our Secretary of State. Unfortunately, you don’t have main character energy.
@chicagobars One step ahead of you! ✔️
DMV kiosks are available at lots of locations, including many grocery stores. Find one near you: https://t.co/huXdNsS1p7
Mayor Johnson’s Big Con
Mayor Johnson’s latest public relations gambit, his “HomeGrown Grant Program,” will do little to address the affordable housing crisis. The $21 million in low-income grant assistance will help a paltry 300–400 homebuyers, many of whom are likely to be migrants.
The 38% debt-to-income ratio required to qualify for a grant will leave few Chicago residents eligible, in contrast to newly arrived migrants who often have little debt. It is no coincidence that The Resurrection Project, which prioritizes migrant services, was one of only two organizations selected to administer the program.
Through 2025, Johnson’s affordable housing initiatives have amounted to a “recommitment” of $324 million in subsidies to produce just over 500 affordable units. Meanwhile, Chicago is short more than 110,000 affordable rental units and ranks near the bottom among large cities in new housing starts.
Johnson’s latest boogeyman is landlords. He blames them for higher rents, while the real causes are large property tax increases and the dramatic shift in the tax burden onto residential property owners. Last year property taxes rose by almost $570 million on residential properties.
The mayor’s affordable housing plan is a hoax. He has demonstrated no capacity to address Chicago’s housing challenges while his policies financially reward connected developers and allied community organizations. Johnson has instead demonstrated a growing mastery of deception and scapegoating.
Brandon Johnson’s HomeGrown grant program has a 38% debt to income requirement. Literally no other program or even fha has such high standards. Then I dug deeper, they allow ITIN loans. The only people w/o debt are people who just crossed the border. Not even a teacher can qualify. This grant program was never for the “working class”
Brandon Johnson is using $21 MILLION from his $1.25 BILLION housing bond to fund homebuyer grants, yet many working-class Chicago families can’t qualify because of strict debt-to-income requirements.
Meanwhile, the city allows migrant borrowers to participate with ITIN loans.
But a teacher. A CTA driver. A city worker. A Black family trying to buy their first home won’t qualify with a 38% DTI.
Who is this program really designed for? I’m JUST saying.. this how they keep you out.
I’m putting up a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for the co-owner of many great restaurants on the southside of chicago. He was one of the men killed in the recent mass shooting. Very heart broken! 💔
I can’t believe the producers of @TheRevAl show was pushing this nonsense today. Violence is up this year and 39people were shot Memorial Day weekend. We must hold media accountable for this nonsense pushing a INCORRECT perception.
Today, @ChicagosMayor told Rev. Al Sharpton crime had dropped due to "youth employment, violence interrupters, mental health clinics, investing in CPD Detective Bureau."
Interesting.
Johnson has previously attributed lower crime rates entirely to "affordable housing."
Johnson can't keep his lies straight.