What will Obama center mean for nearby home values on the South Side? Wary of being priced out, groups push for housing benefits and protections – Chicago Tribune/MSN

There has been a loss of lower-cost rental units citywide, but South Shore has seen its share of renter-occupied households with rents under $900 — a key measure of affordability — drop by 23% since 2010, a slightly larger drop than the city. Housing prices in South Shore, meanwhile, have grown faster than prices for the city overall since 2015, when the Obama Foundation announced the center would be located on the South Side.
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Giddyap
3 years ago

Self-Styled Former ‘Community Organizer’ Obama Refuses Community Demands For Agreement On Housing/Benefits For Community

Old Joe
3 years ago

All those folks need to do is identify as an illegal alien and Lori will put them up in hotels in the west burbs. There, I fixed that issue.

Fullbladder
3 years ago

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Pat S.
3 years ago

Be careful what you wish for.

Where's Mine ???
3 years ago

the city should pay reparations to renters displaced by obama center to get apartments on martha’s vineyard…….the people have spoken!!!

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