CHA is making moves aimed to increase housing and safety, as it reckons with senior leadership changes.
Chicago Housing Authority launches ‘year of renewal’ as the agency grapples with executive leadership exodus
Category: Real Estate
Kenwood 5-bedroom home with crystal chandeliers: $1.6M
Address: 1150 E. 49th St., Chicago Listed: Jan. 27, 2025 Price: $1,649,900 Listing agent: Kimberly Harding, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, 312-268-2773 This five-bedroom home in the Kenwood neighborhood features three full bathrooms, two half baths and an open floor plan, with skylights and custom fixtures throughout. The family room has floor-to-ceiling windows, while the living […]
Local HUD workers terminated in recent Trump administration cuts
At least 20 Midwest U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development employees recently received termination notices.
Glenview OKs 60-home development aimed at empty nesters
Glenview approved a development of 60 single-family homes, aimed at empty nesters, on the 19-acre Scott Foresman site.
Cook County housing authority union workers say they struggle to afford rent, mortgage payments
Housing Authority of Cook County employees say the workloads are tough and wages are low, causing many union employees to leave the agency, one that is deemed “troubled” by HUD.
Winnetka 7-bedroom home with glass conservatory and brick walled garden: $5M
Address: 35 Indian Hill Road, Winnetka Listed: Jan. 30, 2025 Price: $4,950,000 Listing agent: Nancy Nugent and Linda Levin, Jameson Sotheby’s, 312-925-5440 and 312-335-3231 The grounds of this seven-bedroom home have a fountain, a swimming pool and a spring-fed lake. Inside, beyond the entryway lies the dining room, which is decorated with hand-painted country scenes, […]
Former WSCR-AM 670 cohost Danny Parkins sells Wilmette home for $925,000
Parkins and his wife paid $845,000 in 2021 for the house that they just sold.
Former Northwestern athletic director Derrick Gragg sells Glenview home for $2.45M
Gragg listed the house in January for $2.4 million an agents-only network. He found a buyer just three days later.
Hundreds of vacant lots in Chicago to be sold after landlords’ bankruptcy, opening up opportunities for redevelopment
Buyers could ride the wave of new investment pouring into other South and West Side neighborhoods, said Steve Madura, senior vice president of Hilco Real Estate Sales, the company handling the sale.
Plan Commission green-lights land use plan that could bring thousands of new housing units to Edgewater and Uptown
City planners said the framework will cut red tape for developers and increase housing density, hopefully allowing more residents to move into the transit-rich corridor.