Preservation of Affordable Housing Chicago

Island Terrace apartments getting near 'gut rehab' — will stay affordable The 240-unit Island Terrace apartment complex will undergo a complete renovation and receive additional affordability provisions through its nonprofit developer, the Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH).

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POAH and its partner Claretian Associates were honored last week at the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards with the Polk Bros. Foundation award for the preservation and revitalization of the Salud Center and Senior Apartments in South Chicago. Take a look.

#CNDA29 Winner: South Chicago Salud Center and Senior Housing In the heyday of the American steel industry, the South Works plant brought jobs and opportunities to the Far South Side of Chicago. After the plant shuttere...

Just a quick note to share the good news that the City chose POAH and our partner, KMW Communities, as the developer for a long-vacant Woodlawn site – and as important, the design and POAH have won the confidence and praise of the Alderwoman and the media alike.

Rise of 63rd Street continues with plan for $48 million ‘Woodlawn Social’ With the Obama Presidential Center rising to the east and the redevelopment of the 63rd and Cottage Grove intersection, it seems as if a new era for the street is finally at hand.

Woodlawn Social selected as RFQ winner The Chicago Department of Planning and Development and Mayor Lightfoot have announced Woodlawn Social as the winner of the Woodlawn RFQ process.

City development agency backs housing plan for 63rd Street in Woodlawn The plan would mix subsidized and market-rate homes on a commercial street plagued by vacant lots.

City picks developers for a 70-unit residential project in Woodlawn The plan adds to outgoing Mayor Lightfoot's focus on subsidizing real estate projects in disinvested neighborhoods.

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Residents enjoy new and improved Harvey senior apartment complex An affordable housing group worked with the city and HUD to save and improve the housing, which cost $32 million.

Exciting news! Chicago’s City Council just approved POAH’s great new project, a 43-apartment mixed-use building in East Garfield Park at 5th Ave. & Kedzie. Much credit to Alderman Jason C. Ervin and the Chicago Department of Housing for its financial support.

Preservation of affordable housing and diverse development? Both important for healthy communities - see how it's being done in Woodlawn.

Commentary: Woodlawn reinvestments are a model for preserving affordable housing Not far from the future Obama Center exist examples of reinvestment that helped facilitate homeownership opportunities and new rental developments, says a housing preservation advocate.

Chicago lost a leader for justice this week with the death of Mattie Butler, founder and force behind Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors (WECAN). The buildings she rescued and rehabbed saved affordable housing and lives. We are proud that she chose POAH to ensure their future. Mattie is missed but her good works live on.

POAH is the proud recipient of a 2022 Landmarks Illinois The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for the Mattie Butler Apartments in Woodlawn. Join us at an awards ceremony on Nov. 4 in Chicago as we celebrate our work and that of our fellow 2022 award winners!

Preservation Award Events | Landmarks Illinois The Richard H. Driehaus Preservation Awards honors individuals, organizations, and programs demonstrating a commitment to historic preservation.

61st Street in West Woodlawn was the site last Saturday where family and neighbors perused booths that showcased local services, retail stores, makers (craftsmen), artists and other entrepreneurs.

The occasion was Black Wall Street, organized by Woodlawn Diversity In Action & Urban Market Exchange, with the support of Sunshine Enterprises, POAH, Friends Health & the Gary Comer Youth Center and other Woodlawn businesses.

Black Wall Street comes to West Woodlawn Several thousand people strolled up and down 61st Street in West Woodlawn Saturday, September 10th, enjoying the balmy afternoon with family and neighbors, perusing booths that showcased local services, retail

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POAH’s major renovation and preservation of affordable housing in Harvey was celebrated when President Toni Preckwinkle, Mayor Christopher J. Clark, Commissioner Deborah Sims, HUD’s Diane Shelley, Illinois Housing Development Authority’s Adam Moore, and others joined residents at the South Suburban Senior Apartments.

South Suburban Senior Housing Apartments undergoing $15M renovations - Chicago Business Journal Some Chicago-area senior housing is undergoing renovations. Here are the plans.

Watch POAH’s naming of the newly preserved and renovated apartments in honor of Woodlawn’s Mattie Butler with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Congressman Bobby L. Rush, Illinois Housing Development Authority, Chicago Housing Authority, residents and others. Mattie was a tireless advocate for affordable housing and community development for over 20 years.

Woodlawn apartments named for housing activist There was a ribbon cutting ceremony in Woodlawn Thursday for the newly renamed Mattie Butler Apartments.

Mattie Butler’s dedication to Woodlawn was immortalized when POAH renamed two affordable housing buildings the Mattie Butler Apartments at a ceremony with Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Congressman Bobby L. Rush, Kristin Faust at Illinois Housing Development Authority, 20th Ward Alderman Jeanette Taylor and others

Woodlawn apartments named for affordable housing advocate The Mattie Butler Apartments were named in honor of the Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors founder, who championed affordable housing for decades.

Thanks for the moving remarks from Congressman Rush paying tribute to Mattie Butler who fought most of her life for affordable housing in Woodlawn.

Honored to introduce my friend Mattie Butler today at the dedication of the newly renovated Mattie Butler Apartments, named after her due to her advocacy in affordable housing. These apartments will keep Woodlawn accessible to its longtime residents.

Community meetings with the Chicago Police Department at the Woodlawn Resource Center are helping to tackle crime in East Woodlawn, Grand Crosding and nearby Southside neighborhoods.

Grand Crossing District police hold weekly meetings with community to help solve crimes -- and it's working In the Grand Crossing (3rd) District, police officers are holding weekly meetings to tell the community about crimes with the goal of solving them.

Preservation of Affordable Housing Chicago (POAH) congratulates Felicia Dawson, its vice president for community partnerships on her appointment to the board of directors for the Illinois Housing Council, the state’s largest and most influential affordable housing organization. Well deserved and well done!

"We want kids on the south side of Chicago or the west side of Chicago to have access to that art, and to understand that they too are art-makers and that they can create amazing work," said President Barack Obama announcing that Richard Hunt, the foremost African American abstract sculptor, raised in Woodlawn and Englewood, has been commissioned to create a sculpture for the Barack Obama Presidential Center.

Richard Hunt, Woodlawn native and public sculptor, commissioned to make work for OPC The Obama Foundation has commissioned Richard Hunt, called "the foremost African American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture" by the Smithsonian Institute, to make a sculpture, "Book Bird," for

From Crain’s Dennis Rodkin: Affordable housing group beat gentrification tide in Woodlawn, report says. A study of a decade long redevelopment effort by Preservation of Affordable Housing. One nonprofit developer has successfully swum against that tide and bolstered the neighborhood’s stock of affordable housing, according to a new report “in a way that did not push out existing residents and allowed them to benefit from the redevelopment,” said Amy Khare, research director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University. HEAR MORE and LEARN HOW when the study is made public Thurs., March 3 at 1:30pm register http://tinyurl.com/poahwebinar

“Invest in housing, build community partnerships and engagement, catalyze additional development, community of choice, and renewal--results from federal choice grant & investing study of Chicago’s Woodlawn Neighborhood. To learn more, join the discussion at http://tinyurl.com/poahwebinar.

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Garfield Green, a new housing project developed by POAH & Elevated Chicago that will keep the area affordable while building on the impacts of Garfield Park Community Eco-Orchard and The Hatchery Chicago, is moving forward.

City Commission Approves Garfield Green Affordable Housing To 'Counteract Pressures Of Displacement' In East Garfield Park The affordable housing project is intended to keep Garfield Park affordable while amplifying the benefits of other investments in the area, like the Hatchery and the Eco-Orchard.

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