Chicago’s Efforts to Keep Housing Affordable in Woodlawn Falls Short as Obama Center Nears Opening – Illinois Answers Project

A review of hundreds of pages of city records and dozens of interviews with residents, organizers and experts shows that the city’s promises often fell short of reality as it failed to spend enough money to run some programs, provided little supervision and abandoned others. One home, built in 2019 on a lot that used to be owned by the city, is currently listed for more than a million dollars.