The real estate development nonprofit Reclaiming Chicago was named the recipient of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s 2025 Chicago Prize.

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Now a story that's often full of contradictions and controversy - the story of public housing in this country. There's a documentary play on stage in Chicago that's tackling this. It's called "The ...

What does it take to ease the affordability gap in the Windy City? Two public housing experts go into detail. Rishab Mehan & Jennifer Hoyle share insights about the Chicago Housing Authority’s ...

As Tribune journalist Lizzie Kane reported in June, Chicago is facing a housing crisis, and while many point to market forces, the real culprit is a self-inflicted wound: an overbearing bureaucracy ...

The $10 million award from Penny Pritzker’s foundation will help speed up the construction of 125 homes in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

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Chicago’s high housing and mortgage rates, low inventory, stagnant wages and dwindling job prospects leave Gen Z workers with an unfortunate reality: Forget buying. Many struggle to simply move out of ...

The historic Lawson House, a former YMCA on Chicago's Near North Side, won a historic preservation award Tuesday for the $128 million restoration project that revitalized the building as affordable ...

The Chicago Plan Commission plowed through a backlog of long-awaited proposals Thursday, advancing a slate of projects that could reshape pockets of the city from Lincoln Park to the Far South Side.

For developers trying to finance an affordable housing project, the process is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle — but every piece comes with a fee to take it out of the box and requires attorneys ...