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Grigory Vodolazovs 3 year old son peers into his familys apartment complex from their unit in Bellevue Wash The Vodolazov family is part of Creating Moves to Opportunity a housing voucher experiment that uses incentives and counseling to encourage low income families to move to what are called high opportunity areas

Housing Mobility: Back on the Nation’s Agenda?

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…

Meet Our 2019 Summer Interns and Fellow

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…

Thank You for Celebrating 50 Years with BPI

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…

City Must Expand Powers of Inspectors General to Combat Chronic Corruption

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…

BPI’s 50th Annual Dinner with Mayor Lori Lightfoot

“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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Court Approves Settlement In Landmark ‘Gautreaux’ Desegregation Lawsuit Blocking Racial Discrimination In Public Housing

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…

BPI’s Alexander Polikoff and CHA CEO Eugene Jones Jr. Discuss the Gautreaux Case on WTTW

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…

CHA, BPI Announce Proposed Settlement in Landmark Gautreaux Housing Discrimination Case

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…

BPI Welcomes Three New Directors

Join BPI in welcoming three outstanding individuals to our Board of Directors: Jadine Chou, Bob Raidt, and Sarah Walker Pauls. Jadine Chou Chief Safety And Security Officer Chicago Public Schools Jadine Chou joined Chicago Public Schools in 2011 where she…

BPI and Roosevelt University Policy Research Collaborative Launch Reentry Housing Report

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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