HOUSING JUSTICE

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JASC leaders from Presbyterian Homes lead an action to save their affordable housing from being sold as market rate developments

JASC leaders from Presbyterian Homes lead an action to save their affordable housing from being sold as market rate developments

Recent Victories

2020

  • preserved 26 units of affordable housing in Humboldt Park at 2815 W Division

2019

  • introduced our second piece of city wide legislation The Senior Housing Bill of Rights

  • passed our first independently run piece of legislation called the Chicago Relocation Plan Ordinance

  • preserved 342 affordable housing units in Old Town at Morningside North

2018/2019

  • preserved 56 units of affordable housing in Rogers park at Levy House

 
 

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JASC leaders disrupt a Chicago Housing Authority Board meeting to demand safer living conditions in CHA buildings.

JASC leaders disrupt a Chicago Housing Authority Board meeting to demand safer living conditions in CHA buildings.

The Jane Addams Senior Caucus Housing Committee is led by concerned leaders who organize around housing justice. We believe that high quality, safe, accessible, and affordable housing for seniors, as well as individuals and families, is a human right. Committee members work in senior buildings to form tenant associations and build power to address building condition concerns while organizing to preserve affordable housing for all seniors. We build power to pass housing policy that reflects our values at the city, state, and national levels.

Currently we are collaborating with seniors across the city to pass our second piece of legislation, the Senior Housing Ordinance. We are also working to preserve Section 8 affordable senior housing buildings across the city and build out strong sustainable and active tenant associations. We are also organizing alongside the tenants association at Evergreen Towers I and II to demand the safe living conditions to which they are entitled. Jane Addams Senior Caucus is a member of the Chicago Housing Initiative, working to pass two pieces of legislation: Homes for All and Development for All, which aim to solve Chicago's affordable housing crisis.

Homes Guarantee is a national grassroots coalition to which we also belong We envision a north star where everyone is provided with a home regardless of race or income. This policy includes millions of units of public housing built, reparations for decades of racist housing policy, an investment in social housing, and more.

Is your building facing an affordability issue or are you concerned about conditions? Do you hope to build power through a tenant union? Get involved!

JASC leaders and allies at a recent press conference demanding that CHA put people over profits.

JASC leaders and allies at a recent press conference demanding that CHA put people over profits.

HISTORY

2018

  • preserved 86 units of affordable housing at Morningside South Apartments

  • successfully removed an abusive manager from Evergreen Towers I and II

2016

  • organized with seniors to get CHA’s commitment to preserve 112 units of Senior Housing in Lakeview and Rogers Park formerly owned by Presbyterian Homes

2015

  • worked with residents at Kenmore Plaza to preserve over 100 units of affordable housing in Edgewater

2012

  • worked with Sweet Home Chicago Coalition to propose and draft key amendments to the Chicago’s TIF Purchase Rehab Ordinance. This law makes additional Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) available to redevelop apartment buildings for lower wage house-holds, thus increasing the affordable housing stock in our city.