Homeownership builds generational wealth and stabilizes communities.
These Groups Are Trying To Slow Gentrification In Logan Square And Hermosa — One Affordable Home At A Time https://t.co/s37nTRn6s6
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.
A very, very rare Trump administration profile in courage.
If a president has just done something that is very bad, that is something worth quitting over, not only do you quit, but you say why it is that you are quitting, and you let people know. This is the way that you do it.
Join us this Thursday, Oct. 8 at 5:30 for a conversation on #ETOD. Hosted by @PublicNarrative with panelists @MyUrbanDreams@MelvinRT23 from @EndeleoINST, Gary Jimenez from @LSNAChicago, and Yvonne Shields from @HomanSquare
You can register here: https://t.co/X130ZHkBun
🚨The CDC and HHS are establishing a broad moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent through end of the year. 🚨
The moratorium applies to all tenants who meet certain eligibility requirements and present a signed declaration to their LLs. 1/
Mark your calendars for the #ElevatedChicago 2020 Symposium. During Part 1 of our three-part symposium, we'll hear from the people advancing #eTOD in Chicago communities. Register for Part 1 and the entire symposium now at https://t.co/cfxo1nvUxE
The Chicago Board of Education will vote tomorrow on whether to remove CPD from our public schools. I'll be speaking in favor of this proposal.
📩 Contact info for the BOE members in the thread. 📩
You can start here ➡️ [email protected] ⬅️
i start teaching a 5-week class next week for incoming @MedillSchool grad students. it's called understanding chicago for journalists. the three books they'll read are boss, the south side and @kevincoval's latest poetry book 'everything must go.'
When I was buying my house, it blew my mind when my lender asked if my family couldn’t just gift me the down payment money, saying that gifts/loans of $50k to $100k weren’t uncommon from families of first-time homebuyers. That’s the 400-year head start we don’t have.
If you haven't read this thread yet in its entirety, pls do so NOW. It was hard to pick a "entry point" tweet but this one stuck w/me. A law was passed but the culture reinforced the now illegal action, & you better not blame Black people for keeping themselves safe. @SPARCChub
White folks, if you put up a Black Lives Matter sign in your yard but oppose the construction of affordable housing in your neighborhood—don’t even fucking bother