Coalition for Equitable Community Development
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Our mission: To promote economic, racial, and age diverse communities through preserving and expanding housing that is affordable to low and moderate income households on the south side of Chicago.
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Our Initiatives
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Monitoring new construction and working with aldermen to ensure as much affordable housing as possible.
Working with Housing Choice Partners to encourage Chicago Housing Authority voucher holders to move to our Hyde Park and Kenwood.
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Working with the Just Cause for Eviction coalition to pass a city ordinance which will require landlords to offer relocation assistance to renters who are forced to leave their homes, if the reason is not "just" (e.g. non-payment of rent). https://www.justcausechicago.org/
Working with the Coalition for a Modern Metra Electric to get more frequent and affordable service on the Metra Electric throughout the South Side. https://www.modernmetraelectric.org/
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Support Us
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Become a member today! Complete our membership form to mail with a check.
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Sign the petition to transform the Metra Electric into a modern rapid transit system.
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Latest News and Events
For rental/foreclosure assistance:
https://lcbh.org/get-legal-help/getting-help-with-LCBH
Video of the June 11, 2020 Housing Forum:
https://youtu.be/bJpdnc4exFY
May 11, 2020: CECD's position on how to help low income renters as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. We urge our elected officials to:
February 29, 2020: CECD and the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference jointly hosted a legislative forum for candidates from the 26th representative district and the 13th senatorial district: https://youtu.be/tjaTMTsGOiQ
February 9, 2019: CECD hosted an aldermanic forum for 4th and 5th ward candidates.
December 2018:
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- Place a moratorium on eviction filings until the crisis is over. An eviction filing against a tenant becomes a part of the public record, even if an eviction doesn't take place. This can have a chilling effect on the tenant's ability to rent in the future.
- Place a moratorium on foreclosure filings against landlords that provide affordable rental units. Landlords of affordable housing, like their tenants, are especially vulnerable in this crisis. They tend to operate on thinner margins and have less ability to self-fund losses. If tenants can't pay rent, landlords can't pay their mortgage or maintain their property. In the 2008 financial crisis, many small landlords lost their buildings and were replaced by institutional investors with no ties to the community.
- Establish a city rental assistance program which prioritizes lower income renters. Chicago offered a small program of rental assistance, available to 2,000 renters. Over 80,000 applied. National housing groups will be advocating for $100B in rental assistance in the next federal bill, to be distributed by local governments.
February 29, 2020: CECD and the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference jointly hosted a legislative forum for candidates from the 26th representative district and the 13th senatorial district: https://youtu.be/tjaTMTsGOiQ
February 9, 2019: CECD hosted an aldermanic forum for 4th and 5th ward candidates.
December 2018:
- CECD awarded a University of Chicago Incubator Grant
- CECD board members join other members of the Coalition for a Modern Metra Electric to urge Metra to release the cost of transforming the Metra Electric lines into a rapid transit system
Read all our latest news.
Photo by Eric Allix Rogers
