An upzoning plan could cannibalize the very urban vibrancy that has made Edgewater so appealing in the first place.

The first approved multi-family development in Templeton in a quarter century will break ground in May after it closed ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

The community center portion of Amplify GR’s large southeast side development project is nearing completion, while another ...

In the last four years, only seven transactions involving six different buildings with 60 units or more have changed hands in ...

Lawndale Christian Legal Center offers an alternative to prison and helped Shaq Wilson rebuild his life. Now, a new West Side ...

The new National Public Housing Museum in Chicago shows how narratives and prejudice doomed a great social investment.

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Other cities unleashed small-scale housing. Chicago buried it in red tape. Now it’s hurting renters, seniors and working ...

Three Far North Side alderpeople have endorsed plans to rezone a stretch of Broadway to attract more housing and businesses. The controversial plan has been hotly debated among neighbors.

A final vote on both proposals, which would create 104 units of affordable housing, by the full City Council is set for ...

Chicago has been a leader in devising models to grow community wealth through commercial investment, says Gretchen Beesing, a ...