Monthly Archives: September 2019

ABC-TV News  |  August 11th, 2019   (Click here for Original Article) CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Land Bank Authority is giving away a free, newly rehabbed home in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Chicago's South Side this fall. The Land Bank opened its lottery registration Saturday, and it'll run through Sept. 15. The winner would be awarded a single family home with a mortgage that has already been paid in full. The new homeowner would only be responsible for paying property taxes, insurance and utility bills. The popular twin Downing Brothers of the HGTV pilot show "Double Down" helped [...]

By Manny Ramos, Chicago Sun-Times  |  September 7th, 2019   (Click here for Original Article) Elaine Lee was facing an extremely difficult time in 2007. Her husband had recently died. Her arthritis was getting worse. And then she lost her job. Like many homeowners in that year leading up to the Great Recession, she started falling behind on her mortgage. “I was forced to sell or lose everything,” Lee said. With the proceeds, “I was able to live on my own for a little more than a year.” But after that, money eventually dried up; she lived with her daughter or [...]