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Includes links to sites related to Chicago housing, including affordable and low-income housing, co-operatives, tenant rights, fair housing, and homelessness.
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| Voices of Cabrini - Remaking Chicago's Public Housing - A documentary film looking at the redevelopment of Cabrini Green, an imfamous housing project known for drugs, poverty and gangs, and how the strong community of African-American residents are moving forward.
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| | We The People Media - A publication by and for the residents of Chicago Public Housing. Includes issues, archives, urban youth journalism, subscriptions and support, awards received, links, and contacts.
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| | Chicago Housing Authority: the Architecture of Exploitation - Offers investigations and viewpoints into the Section 8 housing, including photos, articles, and related links.
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| | View From The Ground, The - A web, email, and hardcopy publication in the tradition of classic human rights journalism. Reporting conditions on the ground from the Stateway Gardens public housing development on Chicago's South Side.
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| | Metropolitan Tenants Organization - Coalition of community organizations and individuals dedicated to safe, decent affordable housing for all. The MTO operates a tenants rights hotline, train community-based organizations, organize buildings and participate in affordable housing advocacy campaigns.
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| | Socialistworker.org - Kicked out of Chicago public housing - A criticism of the projected results of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) "Plan for Transformation."
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| | Chicago's Public Housing Projects - Essay from The Economist. Describes some of the problems that arose from the concentration of many low-income housing units in one area.
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| | Chicago Defender - History of Fight for Housing Project Told - Article transcribed from microform by Wendy Plotkin, a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Discusses the plans and background for a low-cost housing project for the south side of Chicago.
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| | Januarymagazine.com - Book Review of "To Walk in My Shoes" - Author writes about a life in Cabrini Green.
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| | NPR : New Low-Rise Communities for High-Rise Chicago - The story of Jeanine Ingram, a Chicago resident who relocated to a new home as part of the city housing authority's 'Plan for Transformation.' Under the plan, Chicago is tearing down old high-rise projects in favor of low-rise communities. [7:38 streaming audio broadcast.]
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