RECENT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
CAFHA is committed to defining housing initiatives that advance housing justice and are inclusive of directly impacted persons. Together with an array of partners, CAFHA has made great strides in achieving more equitable housing opportunities.
COOK COUNTY RENTER PROTECTIONS
CAFHA co-led efforts to pass the Cook County Residential Tenant & Landlord Ordinance (CCRTLO), ensuring basic protections for 245,000+ Cook County renter households.
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Hanania, Ray. "New Cook County Renter Rights & Protection laws take effect". Suburban Chicagoland, June 2021
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Bittle, Jake. "The Fight for Fair-Chance Housing Ordinances". Curbed Chicago, June 2019
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Denham, Ryan. "Housing Matters: Pushing Landlords To Look Beyond A Criminal Record". WGLT.Org, October 2019
FAIR HOUSING COMPLIANCE
CAFHA led the joint filing of a HUD fair housing complaint against the City of Chicago for maintaining residential segregation and limiting housing choice based on race, disability and family status.
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Sisson, Patrick. "How aldermanic privilege shaped Chicago". Curbed Chicago, May 2019
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Patricia Fron, et al. "Aldermanic Prerogative is the Grease That Oils the Machine". Chicago Tribune, February 2019
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Pratt, Gregory. "Is aldermanic power killing affordable housing projects in Chicago?" Chicago Tribune, December 2021
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TRD Staff. "Feds probe Chicago aldermen’s veto power over affordable housing". The Real Deal, December 2021
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Laurence, Justin. "City Committee Ignores NW Side Alderman, Approves Apartments He Didn’t Want In Rare Move". Block Club Chicago, December 2021
IMPACTFUL RESEARCH
CAFHA partnered with Shriver Center for Poverty Law to launch A CITY FRAGMENTED: - How Race, Power, and Aldermanic Prerogative Shape Chicago's Neighborhoods. This first-of-its-kind report highlights the current mechanics and impacts of aldermanic prerogative within a civil rights legal framework. The findings demonstrate that the City of Chicago has neglected to fulfill its civil rights obligations by failing to ensure a fair balance of power that allows for the development of equitable family affordable housing.
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Morrow, Molly. "Aldermanic Prerogative: Challenging a Controversial Tool". The Gate, June 2021
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Cherone, Heather. "Aldermanic Power To Blame For City Segregation, Housing Advocates Say". Chicago Block Club, September 2019
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Hermalik, Amy. "Time to rewrite the rules of City Hall's game". Crain's Chicago, February 2019
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Misra, Tanvi. "How Chicago’s Aldermen Help Keep It Segregated". Bloomberg, August 2018
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Dhar, Michael. "Fighting Segregation Shouldn’t Mean More Power for Rahm, Aldermen Say". Logan Squarist Chicago, August 2018.
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Bowean, Lolly. "New study examines aldermanic prerogative and how it can damage efforts to create affordable housing". Chicago Tribune, July 2018
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Chicago Tribune Editorial. "Aldermanic privilege run amok". Chicago Tribune, July 2018
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Waltz, Kate; Fron, Patricia. "How aldermen maintain segregation in Chicago". The Chicago Reporter, July 2018
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Brey, Jared. "How Equitable Development Dies a Death of a Thousand Cuts". Next City, July 2018
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Bauer, Kelly. "Chicago Is Still So Segregated Because Aldermen Are Too Powerful, Study Says." Chicago Block Club, July 2018
CAFHA published new research highlighting the underutilization of Homeownership Programs offered by Public Housing Authorities.
COOK COUNTY ASSESSMENT ON FAIR HOUSING
CAFHA led community engagement for the first-of-its-kind planning effort, convening 13 jurisdictions and 6 regional public housing authorities to devise solutions to the most pressing fair housing issues.