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In addition to the lost opportunity to house families, long-vacant units can spark crime and lower property values in the surrounding neighborhoods. Alderpeople with scattered sites in their wards expressed exasperation, and Ald. Jessie Fuentes noted that dozens of people are living in tents in Humboldt Park, in the middle of the 26th Ward, and rents have skyrocketed in surrounding communities.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Article doesn’t state CHA’s current budget for 2,900 (with 500 vacant) scattered site housing or how much it’s already spent$….but you can be sure it’s astronomical. And I’m sure for the progressive left the complete flop at astronomical $costs$ of CHA, (and CPS, CPD, Street & San, etc from that matter) could never ever have anything to do with their legacy of “systemic community disinvestment” BS narrative they are so vested in hustling which is solely the fault of some racist redlining laws and/or racist banker lenders from the 50’s etc
And don’t forget who ran the Scattered Site program into the ground from the very beginning– non other than Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s trusty assistant. She was Chairman of the CHA when the program ran into years long delays, hundreds of millions of dollars of cost overruns and paltry deliveries of occupiable homes. She was an absolute disaster, and the press never said a peep about it as part of the Obama myth conspiracy.
How in the Hell did this many, once privately owned homes, get in the hands of the government?
Foreclosure. People used to walk away from them because the taxes and fines were more than the house was worth. This house isn’t worth 50K. I see on Zillow that some moron bought a house on that block for 340K. What an idiot!
Check out this listing a few doors down for 190K. Crackheads have taken it over and good luck getting it back. You’ve gotta love the Brandon Johnson sign in the yard of a crack house.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/822-N-Saint-Louis-Ave-Chicago-IL-60651/3794691_zpid/
Amazing, the pictures of the house. Usually when house is trashed, only an outside pic is shown.
That house isn’t trashed! This is a gem in this neighborhood. It’s not that bad after a crack infestation. It looks like it still has copper pipes and electrical wiring, no fire damage, no mold damage! The house tells a story. It hasn’t been updated since manufacturing was shipped overseas. Crackheads either broke in or refused to pay rent. Chicago has very liberal renter laws and sometimes it takes months to kick out tenants / squatters. This is why the house at 849 N. St. Louis has a steel barricade system. If crackheads or dope dealers get in, you need… Read more »
The sad part is that while these homes are dated, and in some ways, functionally obsolete, they still have the ‘good bones’ old world craftsmanship. These homes don’t need to be converted to ‘luxury’ to be functional and nice. Those hardwood floors would look great with a sanding and a few coats of shellac, and the walls are 100 year old hearty plaster. New windows would fix most of the draftiness problems. Every apartment I lived in during my decades in Chicago looked similar to this. When I see this blight it reminds me of 1,500 years ago when the… Read more »
This neighborhood had 80 911 calls logged in the span of a few years. Some guy set up cameras, and was threatened. God only knows what else this community has tried to clean up the neighborhood. A random Google Street View shows obvious drug activity.
I think it’s safe to say that the people didn’t vote for this.
What a utopia! Folks living in a city owned house and shopping at a city owned store on a city card is going to fix everything LOL.. because racism!
For those that are unaware.. St. Louis & Chicago, where this house is located, is one of the largest open air drug markets in Chicago.