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ACLU and others are looking for an opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of a policy hitting mixed-income renters.

A group of senior citizens held a protest Tuesday over what they call “deplorable conditions” in public housing in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood. The four senior homes in question are managed by the Woodlawn Community Development Corporation, a project of the Reverend Leon Finney.

It's been 12 years since the Chicago Housing Authority embarked on its Plan for Transformation, the effort to dismantle the city's notorious high rise housing projects. So far the results so far have been less than stellar. 

Lawrence Matthews isn't even sure how he ended up in the nursing home.

The Chicago Housing Authority’s Lathrop Homes have stood at the intersection of Diversey, Clybourn and Damen Avenues since the late 1930s. The homes were scheduled for major renovations.

Moving from public housing to a better-off neighborhood might come with health benefits, according to a unique study led by Chicago researchers.During the 1990s, the U.S. Dept.

The Chicago Housing Authority has issued relocation notices to residents in the non-rehabbed sections of the Cabrini Rowhouses.