By Lourdes Duarte, WGN Chicago | August 1st, 2025 (Click Here For Original Article and To See the Video Broadcast)
CHICAGO — A step was taken Friday to address the lack of affordable housing in the Chicago area.
Crews broke ground on the Reclaiming Chicago project that will deliver 10 new homes in the next six months.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle touted the initiative led by the Hope Center Foundation and Cook County Land Bank Authority. In the majority of the cases, the land bank provides the vacant lots. Crews use that land to build 1,600-square foot homes worth an estimated $230,000 dollars in the Roseland neighborhood.
So far, Reclaiming Chicago has completed 59 homes. Another 71 homes make up the next phase to begin construction not just in Roseland but Back of the Yards and North Lawndale..