Chicago Housing Authority turns to rehabbing vacant properties
CHICAGO â With thousands of people waiting for the opportunity to have their own home, the Chicago Housing Authority is looking to renovate longtime vacant properties as a cheaper alternative to building new units.Some have been stuck for years on a public housing waiting list for a place to call their own. The Chicago Housing Authority is working on one solution to the problem.Like any mother, Shavon Nowell has a few shadows following her around.
Some properties were vacant for a few months or years. For others, it's been decades.'They were just sitting there,' Scott said.So why did it take so long to attend to those properties?'I really can't speak to the past,' Scott said. 'All I can speak to is, we're here now.'The agency's goal was to get more than 200 homes back online by mid-2025. Some jobs are small, and others, not so much.
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