The expansion of the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse at the University of Michigan Law School now includes an extensive archive of Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority, one of the longest-running civil rights cases in the country. Panelists included Margo Schlanger, the Wade H. and…
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Originally pioneered as a legal remedy for housing segregation, BPI’s Gautreaux litigation, “housing mobility” — using federal housing vouchers to enable low-income families to move from disadvantaged neighborhoods to higher opportunity ones — suffered through a long dry spell. A…
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Culminating one of the longest-running civil rights lawsuits in U. S. history, a federal district court judge today approved a settlement in a landmark case requiring Chicago to desegregate its public housing. U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen ratified the proposed…
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BPI and CHA have reached a momentous agreement in the nearly 53-year-old Gautreaux desegregation case—one of the longest-running federal court cases in United States history. Today, Alex Polikoff and Julie Brown, representing the Gautreaux plaintiffs, and lawyers for the Chicago Housing Authority filed a motion…
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In partnership with the Roosevelt University Policy Research Collaborative (PRC), BPI held a release event on September 20 to launch a new report: “No Place to Call Home: Navigating Reentry Housing in Chicago.” BPI policy analyst Madeleine Hamlin collaborated with…
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BPI was pleased to attend the Oct. 10 groundbreaking celebration of the redevelopment of Lathrop Homes, an effort that has involved many years of planning. The first phase of construction of the mixed-income development is now underway, and will include 414…
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The Chicago Housing Authority will reach an important milestone next year—the completion of 25,000 new or rehabbed public housing apartments, the goal CHA set 18 years ago when it adopted its ambitious and far-reaching Plan for Transformation. This is a singular achievement,…
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The Chicago Housing Authority’s prisoner reentry pilot program, which allows some prisoners to live in CHA housing upon their release, was the recent subject of a thoughtful article in AtlanticMedia’s Citylab. The author is BPI’s Maddy Hamlin, our newest Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow,…
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BPI is pleased to welcome Madeleine Hamlin as our newest Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellow. Her policy work here will involve both our justice reform and housing initiatives. Maddy recently graduated from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs with dual…
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In recent weeks, a proposed mixed-income housing development in Jefferson Park has come up against vocal opposition from neighbors. To his credit, Jefferson Park Alderman John Arena has backed the project and six of his fellow aldermen have joined him in pledging their support for more affordable housing…
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