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City Council Approves 6-Month Moratorium On Demolition Permits Near The 606 Trail
- Todd Feurer, CBS Chicago web producer, Jan 15, 2020
- “Our rent went from the hundreds to the thousands, and there’s no way my parents could…
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Development Freeze Aims to Slow Displacement Near 606 Trail
- Quinn Myers, Jan 13, 2020
- “When you go from two, three families in one building, on one lot, to one family, our schools…
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Residents along 606 Trail worry they'll be displaced by surging home prices in Logan Square, Humboldt Park
- Ravi Baichwal, Jan 8, 2020
- "We all grew up together, we all grew up in the same neighborhoods. And it's like all of a sudden,…
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Mayor's Affordable Housing Plan Hits Roadblock When Housing Advocates Cry Foul
- Brian Rogal, Bisnow Chicago, Sep 26, 2019
- " LSNA, the Spanish Coalition for Housing, the Center of Changing Lives and LUCHA banded together…
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Mural of Butterfly Symbolizes Journey of Immigrants
- Mary Helt Gavin, Sep 18, 2019
- “The monarch makes an amazing journey from Mexico north to U.S. and Canada and back to…
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Put an eligible house into the Chicago land trust to lower its taxes and preserve affordability
- Steven Vance, Sep 11, 2019
- " Many alders were upset that community organizations were left out of the discussion in designing…
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Trolley Tour Highlights Chicago’s Housing Woes On The Northwest Side
- Natalie Moore, Aug 1, 2019
- Affordable housing advocates from LUCHA, Spanish Coalition for Housing, Center for Changing Lives,…
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As Logan Square & Humboldt Park Property Taxes Skyrocket, Both Longtime And New Residents Consider Moving
- MINA BLOOM/BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO, Jul 31, 2019
- "We lost our neighborhood school, the streets are riddled with potholes and there's gunshots. What…
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Parent mentors celebrate graduation, program expansion: ‘Each day I know I accomplish something’
- ADESHINA EMMANUEL, Jun 7, 2019
- “I always wanted to do something that just made me proud, I wanted to leave at the end of the…
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Hundreds Of Logan Square Residents Show Up To Fight For 100% Affordable Housing Complex As Opponents Try To Slow Down Process
- Mina Bloom, Apr 25, 2019
- Of the roughly 500 residents who attended, 350 voted "yes," 112 voted "no," 35 voted "yes, with…
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Prior to Tonight’s Logan TOD Hearing, Supporters Make Their Final Case
- Lynda Lopez, Apr 24, 2019
- "O n the morning before tonight’s community input meeting for the proposed 100-unit,…
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As Logan Housing Costs Skyrocket, New 100 Percent Affordable Housing Complex ‘Extremely Important’ Step In Right Direction, Ald. Says
- Mina Bloom, Apr 3, 2019
- “I’ve been trying to get this done since 2016 and the Mayor’s office hasn’t…
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Chicago’s Lincoln Yards Puts Affordable Housing Groups In A Bind
- Linda Lutton, Mar 19, 2019
- Lincoln Yards is a planned $6 billion megaproject — featuring skyscrapers, corporate…
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Housing organizations OK to sue Cook Assessor over ex-assessor's 'discriminatory' practices
- Jonathan Bilyk, Feb 8, 2019
- From Cook County Record: Housing assistance organizations have won the right to continue, for now,…
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How to win over Northwest Side voters: Chicago aldermen candidates hone in on high school plans
- Cassie Walker Burke / Chalkbeat Chicago, Feb 8, 2019
- Photo Credit: Cassie Walker Burke / Chalkbeat Chicago Organized by the Logan Square Neighborhood…
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Five Mayoral Hopefuls Commit to Ambitious Progressive Agenda at Forum
- Aaron Cynic, Jan 17, 2019
- “We want the next mayor of Chicago to know we’ve had enough of the devastation in our…
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Chicago Neighborhoods Front And Center At Forum For Mayoral Candidates
- Linda Lutton, Jan 13, 2019
- “We are here to send a message to the candidates that our communities..."
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As Gentrification Moves West, Hermosa And Logan Square Leaders Launch Plan To Fight Displacement
- Mina Bloom, Dec 13, 2018
- "Logan Square Neighborhood Association partnered with Local Initiatives Support Corporation, or…
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Plan unveiled to reconfigure Logan Square traffic circle
- Karen Jordan, Dec 4, 2018
- "Bicyclist Juan Sebastian Arias, who lives in Logan Square and bikes to work in the Loop, supports…
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How Chicago Is Making its Own Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
- Shelli Nicole, Nov 27, 2018
- Logan Square residents and supporters march for racial equity and affordable housing in the rapidly…
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Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
- Natalie Moore, Odette Yousef, Nov 26, 2018
- Christian Diaz of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association stands in the Emmet Street parking lot,…
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WCIU-TV QLP Interview/ LISC Chicago
- Jon Hansen, Nov 17, 2018
- Quality-of-Life Plan and neighborhood.
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Neighbors March Against Displacement in Logan Square
- Lynda Lopez, Oct 30, 2018
- The demonstrators called on community members to vote out elected officials who aren’t doing…
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Logan Square Anti-Gentrification March Draws 500 People: ‘Fight Today, Vote Tomorrow’
- Mina Bloom, Oct 24, 2018
- "I want my son to graduate from the school I graduated from. I want my friends and family to…
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Logan Square Activists To March For Development Without Gentrification
- Mina Bloom, Oct 16, 2018
- More than 600 activists and their supporters are planning to march through the neighborhood next…
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