Chicago is 120,000 units short on affordable housing. Here’s how the city and developers hope to fix that gap.
“It may seem like the search for affordable housing is as elusive as a COVID-19 vaccination appointment — a long, arduous process that often includes a waitlist. For Jeanette Freeman, 24, moving from her family’s South Side dwelling to live on her own in a one-bedroom apartment took her all of a year — from launching the search to submitting her name for a Chicago Housing Authority unit in Albany Park’s Oso Apartments.”