Chicago’s iconic affordable housing advocate Mattie Butler honored
Woodlawn was once neglected, disinvested, and considered a dangerous south side Chicago area beset by violence, and filled with at-risk, in need of... read more
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The Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance in Affordable Housing
Originally published in Tax Credit Advisor. The text below features segments of the interview with Julianna Stuart, POAH's Vice President of... read more
Housing nonprofit eyeing Obama Center deals to blunt gentrification
A Chicago nonprofit is buying residential properties near the Obama Presidential Center in the hopes of keeping rents in check for longtime residents.
POAH names Woodlawn Apartments for Chicago housing advocate
On Thursday, May 26, POAH hosted a ceremony to name two apartment buildings in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago after longtime housing activist... read more
Study finds resident input is key to Woodlawn’s redevelopment
A Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) study about the redevelopment of Woodlawn has found that input from the residents was key to redeveloping... read more
Decade of investment boosted household income, homeownership in Woodlawn: report
Over the past decade, thanks in large part to the work of one nonprofit group, Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood has seen big increases in median... read more
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