South Side Developers Want To Invest In Roseland But Need More Government Help Overcoming Rising Costs, They Say – Block Club Chicago

The city and its partners must provide more targeted support — not only boosting the funding available to housing developers, but improving access to existing funding, said DaJuan Robinson, of DNA Construction. The land bank provides low-cost land and technical support for developers, “breaking down some barriers to entry for us,." But funds to offset construction, permitting and other costs “have to be available just as easy."