Affordible Housing In Chicago

Long ago, Chicago was a big growing city that grew more and more during the southern migration. African Americans were segregated and moved into slums. The Chicago housing Authority was established in 1937. When it started there were few units built. In 1950 a major slum program began to displace African American families who were excluded from much of the available housing. The public housing program boomed. Between 1950 and 1966, an average of 100 units a year were built (1).

Housing development slowed down after 1966. It was also very segregated. African Americans made up 85% of CHA residents, 15% were white, and 10% were Latinos. In 1966, a public housing resident filed suit claiming the CHA was reinforcing segregation (2). Gautreaux v/s CHA resulted in a ban of further construction of public housing in segregated areas of the city (3). In 1969, a federal judge ordered the CHA to desegregate public

Due to their extreme mis management, the CHA was taken over by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1995. They began a plan for redevelopment. Their new redevelopment project plans to demolish 25,000 public housing units, relocate some residents with section 8 vouchers, rehab some units, and replace others with low-rise scattered site housing (7). They hope to attract the working class and high-income residents in a plan to regentrify the areas and reduce the concentration of poverty.

In conclusion, I feel that Chicago is transforming into a city for the rich. The poor will eventually be moved out OT make way for the rich. Soon there will be less and less resources and programs to help the low-income. They've already changed section 8 to make it hard to get on and stay on. They've already diminished affordable housing. It wont be long before there are no decently -priced housing in Chicago. They could make the changes I preciously stated, but the truth is it wouldn't be profitable for them. It's all bout making money now, and also racism and classism plays a huge role as well.

3.Gangs and drug traffic. This made every day living for the residences difficult and unsafe. Children who grow up in this situation develop for of post traumatic stress disorder (P.T.S.D).

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