From Public Housing to Home Ownership
Spring 1999
The existing stock of assisted housing for low income residents of the
Roosevelt Corridor on the Near West Side of Chicago is at risk of substantial
reduction. The ABLA public housing complex is currently undergoing restructuring,
as buildings are being demolished or rehabilitated. Most of this public
housing site is slated for new mixed income housing under the Federal
Hope VI plan. Because of the uncertainty about the status of affordable
housing units in the Roosevelt Corridor neighborhood, participants in
three neighborhood organizations have joined together to create a new
community development corporation, West Side 2000 Development Corporation.
West Side 2000 intends to provide the initiative to attract new investors
and to participate with other developers to purchase or develop affordable
housing units in the neighborhood for displaced ABLA residents and other
low income neighborhood residents. West Side 2000 asked the City Design
Center to research the feasibility of developing a demonstration project
that would help public housing residents move to home ownership. The Center
researched applicable housing programs nationwide to assess the project
feasibility.
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Map of Chicago with project location
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City Design Center Affiliated Faculty
Tom Forman, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Architecture, and
Associate Director, City Design Center
George Hemmens, Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program, and Co-Director,
City Design Center
Charles Hoch, Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program
Collaborating Organizations
Marcy-Newberry Association
West Side 2000 Development Corporation
Funding
Fannie Mae Foundation
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