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…
Read More...Our summer interns and fellow have arrived and are hard at work assisting BPI program staff in projects related to justice reform, housing, and early childhood education. We’re excited to have them with us for the summer! Kristen Gagalis: Legal…
Read More...THANK YOU to the hundreds of friends who celebrated and supported BPI’s 50th Anniversary Dinner on May 16 at the Radisson Blu Hotel. We are deeply grateful to all who participated. A grand celebration of BPI’s work over the years, the…
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The Inspectors General (IGs) who police government ethics in Chicago lack crucial powers that limit their ability to check Chicago’s culture of corruption and promote the long-stymied quest for governmental integrity, according to an analysis announced by BPI’s Hoy McConnell…
Read More...“In the Chicago we will build together, we will celebrate our differences. We will embrace our uniqueness. And we will make certain that we all have every opportunity to succeed.” -Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot We were honored to have Mayor Lori…
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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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Alexander Polikoff, BPI’s Co-Director of Public Housing and Senior Staff Counsel, recently joined Eugene Jones Jr., CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), to discuss housing discrimination and the landmark Gautreaux desegregation case on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. In December BPI and…
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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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BPI’s new Annual Report has arrived, offering a glimpse into what we’re working to accomplish in police accountability, affordable housing, early childhood learning, criminal justice reform, and community building. It also features the great gift of stirring words from author…
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BPI is pleased to share a new report on the Altgeld-Riverdale neighborhood’s PreKindergarten to Kindergarten Transitions Project (PKTP), a program that promotes an intentional approach to early educational transitions through the implementation of classroom and community transition practices. PKTP brings…
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