The Chicago Housing Authority can move forward on redeveloping the remaining Cabrini Green land now that legal settlements have been approved by two federal court judges. This welcome resolution creates enforceable minimum requirements for public housing in the thriving Near North…
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Enjoy the latest from our blog series highlighting former BPI staff, fellows, interns, and directors. Today we’re profiling Amanda Moncada. Affiliation with BPI 2015 Summer Fellow for Affordable Housing Current Position Associate at Sidley Austin, LLP Fun fact about yourself We…
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Enjoy the latest from our blog series highlighting former BPI staff, fellows, interns, and directors. Today we’re profiling Tim McCormick. Affiliation with BPI 2015 Summer Intern for Public Housing Current Position Rising 2-L at Georgetown University of Law Center in Washington….
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Enjoy the latest from our blog series highlighting former BPI staff, fellows, interns, and directors. Today we’re profiling Nick Carson. Affiliation with BPI 2015 Summer Fellow for Affordable Housing Current Position Associate at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Fun fact about yourself…
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Enjoy the latest from our blog series highlighting former BPI staff, fellows, interns, and directors. Today we’re profiling Eloise Lawrence. Affiliation with BPI 2002-2004 Skadden Fellow Current Position Staff Attorney at Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Fun fact about yourself I live…
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In part three of this blog series by Alexander Polikoff, we consider the opportunities for “getting children out of harm’s way.” Click here to read the first post, which addresses the history of housing mobility, and click here to read the second post, which…
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In part two of this three-part series by Alexander Polikoff, we examine the effects of concentrated poverty on young children. Click here to read the first post, which addresses the history of housing mobility. For those wishing to delve more deeply, source…
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“We are talking about the appalling fact that nearly one of every two poor African American children in this country faces a high risk of a blighted adulthood.” Housing mobility is prominently on BPI’s current agenda. This three-part series by Alexander Polikoff, co-director…
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The following post is the second in our continuing series on the Gautreaux digital archive. This series examines some important moments in the history of the Gautreaux lawsuit and considers how the case continues to influence housing policy in Chicago…
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What brings a medieval historian to BPI? I have been asked this question numerous times over the last few months. The answer is BPI’s Alan Saks Public Interest Internship program, which has provided me with the invaluable opportunity to apply…
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