The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Chicago office will now oversee 65 public housing authorities Wisconsin because of staffing shortages in the agency’s Milwaukee office.

I’m grateful for the partnership with the Mayor and his team, as well as my City Council colleagues, that resulted in this ...

Residential permits across Chicago remained low in 2024, and efforts to increase housing on existing lots have been put off. Some of Chicago’s aldermen want to maintain power over their wards, ...

Lawyers hired by the Chicago Housing Authority recently cited Illinois Supreme Court case Mack v. Anderson in an effort to persuade a judge to reconsider a jury’s $24 million verdict against the ...

Legalizing additional dwelling units across Chicago would expand housing options, support families and boost affordability ...

Supporters of the legislation planned to further amend the ordinance to provide more restrictions to building coach houses in single-family neighborhoods.

At Wednesday’s meeting, council members shared heartfelt tributes to the Council’s current longest-serving member.

We agree that incorporating granny flats — coachhouses or converted basements, for example — could play a small but ...

A complaint had accused the city of violating federal civil rights laws by allowing aldermen to kill affordable rental projects without oversight.

Chicago’s National Public Housing Museum opened in April in the last remaining building of a public housing complex, located some 2 miles from the city’s iconic downtown. Advertisement ...

CHICAGO – A 7-year-old boy walking to school dies under sniper fire. A 13-year-old girl taking the elevator is assaulted when a man slips in behind her. Conditions in hallways are hardly fit for ...