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The City Council Zoning Committee advanced a proposal to legalize so-called "granny flats" citywide, allowing Chicago homeowners to build basement, attic, garage, and coach house apartments on their property without obtaining permission from their alderperson.
According to the Chicago Department of Housing, the building will have 45 units, including 10 studios, 15 one-bedrooms, 10 two-bedrooms, and 10 three-bedroom apartments.
Tim Swanson, founder of Inherent Homes, has found a way to keep costs down for both his company and families.
Tim Swanson, founder of Inherent Homes, has found a way to keep costs down for both his company and families. Lauren Victory reports.
On Friday, the ground was finally broken on the last phase of work.
The plan would set up a city-owned nonprofit developer to oversee a $135 million fund to provide loans to developers to build environmentally friendly affordable housing.
The plan would set up a city-owned nonprofit developer to oversee a $135 million fund to provide loans to developers to build environmentally friendly affordable housing.
These affordable homes will be near Ferdinand and Lockwood. The nonprofit says construction of the first three homes in Austin is expected to be completed by next year.
To make the LaSalle Street corridor feel more like a neighborhood, the city plans to build 1,400 mixed-income apartments in the coming years.
Scott is giving $15 million to the Community Investment Corporation, a nonprofit lender that helps buy, rehab, and preserve affordable rental housing.
Banking giant J.P. Morgan Chase is lending $10 million to help build affordable housing in some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods. Governor JB Pritzker attended the announcement in South Austin.
Overall, the mayor's borrowing plan would cost the city $2.4 billion through 2061.
The City Council Finance Committee has endorsed the plan after the mayor agreed to give aldermen more oversight of the plan, but a final vote has been put off until Friday at the earliest.
Aurora's Todd Elementary School closed in 2019, but it reopened on Wednesday as the new Fox Valley Apartments to house working families.
A couple of shuttered school buildings in Aurora have found new purpose. They'll serve as affordable housing for working people and families. CBS 2 visited the city as doors to one of those schools reopened for the first time in five years.
"They provide families and individuals with a place to lay down, to lay down their roots, to create memories, and to start new traditions."
Mayor Brandon Johnson joined other leaders to cut the ribbon at the new Maria Elena Sifuentes Housing Development in the Albany Park neighborhood. He applauded the work done by organizers and community members.
Over the last several weeks, the Saint Charles senior living community has become a bit of a ghost town.
"It has to start somewhere. It starts right here on this lot, and it starts right now."
"It has to start somewhere. It starts right here on this lot, and it starts right now."
Tenants are renting out individual rooms in more than 100 different units. That means strangers are paired together in apartments.
An affordable housing group worked with the city and HUD to save and improve the housing, which cost $32 million.
It will be built on vacant city land next to the Kedzie Avenue Green Line station in East Garfield Park.
It will be built on vacant city land next to the Kedzie Avenue Green Line station in East Garfield Park.
A UIC study shows half of Native Americans in Chicago are paying more than 30% of their income to rent their homes.
Donnell Wyatt, 20, of Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot another man in the head during an argument in the Austin neighborhood over the weekend.
President Trump has been diagnosed with a minor vein condition known as chronic venous insufficiency after he noticed swelling in his legs.
The privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot" uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population.
Ruth Chepngetich, who set the women's world record at the Chicago marathon in 2024, has been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.
Chicago police said the 13-year-old was identified as one of the offenders who carjacked a 30-year-old man in the South Commons neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
President Trump has been diagnosed with a minor vein condition known as chronic venous insufficiency after he noticed swelling in his legs.
A Chicago protest dubbed the "Make Good Trouble Rally" on July 17 in honor of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will be held in Daley Plaza this afternoon.
Maurene Comey is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, who was terminated by President Trump in 2017.
Burnett, 61, is the dean of the City Council, having represented the 27th Ward on the West Side since 1995. He's also the vice mayor and chairman of the Zoning Committee.
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appeared on her podcast "IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson."
The listing came with flashy social media videos to market the place that property owner Frank Diaz wasn't even selling.
The federal tax credits, which are meant to get drivers behind the wheel of electric cars, end Sept. 30.
ComEd is launching a $10 million customer relief fund for lower-income customers having trouble paying for electricity as prices rise.
The Antioch, Illinois, family said they wanted to share their story so others don't make the same mistake.
The rideshare customer made it very clear that her frustration is not over the amount of money that was charged, but rather that she was charged at all without her permission.
It is becoming apparent that the increase in ticks and tick bites is correlating to emergency room visits in Chicago and the rest of the Midwest.
Many Southeast, Southern and West Coast states are likely seeing an increase in COVID cases.
Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are caused by genetics, the cause is unknown in most.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.
Some of the fans who received the email have long histories with the team, and there are a lot of concerns.
The Board of Trade Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and is closed on weekends and federal holidays.
Right now, it is not exactly clear how the tax will be passed onto the consumer. But vaping products and popular Zyn pouches will now be subject to a 45% tax — up from 15%.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
On Tuesday, July 1, the city's minimum wage will go up, along with wages for tipped workers, as part of Chicago's One Fair Wage Ordinance.
Connie Francis was a wholesome pop star of the 1950s and '60s whose personal life was filled with heartbreak and tragedy.
After years of working on and performing their song, "Pursuit," Chicago band Pixel Grip woke up to a surprise when they heard a sample of their song in a Travis Scott track.
"Severance," "The White Lotus," "The Studio" and "Hacks" are among the shows that earned top nominations for the 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as the 2025 nominees were announced Tuesday morning.
Guerrero talked recently about the challenges he has faced, and the full-circle moment that has led to his dream job as principal conductor of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago.
The winning bid for the original Birkin bag set a record for the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, Sotheby's said.
Looking for a sweet pup to have at home? Seven-year-old Bernice the beagle is available to be adopted from Second City Canine rescue.
Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and '60s whose hits include "Pretty Little Baby" and whose personal life was filled with heartbreak and tragedy, died at the age of 87.
Chicago weather today is significantly cooler and cloudy, with a Beach Hazard Statement in effect for Lake Michigan. Get the latest seven day forecast from our First Alert Weather team.
President Trump is firing back at some of his own supporters who say he should release more records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.
There is a manhunt and death investigation underway in Sheridan, Illinois, after two people were found dead after a call for shots fired and a house fire overnight, police said.
The LaSalle County Sheriff's Office said officers were called for a report of shots fired and found a house on fire.
The fire spread to three other homes and to a commercial business, Vanessa's Beauty Salon, at the back of one of the homes.
Donnell Wyatt, 20, of Chicago, was charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot another man in the head during an argument in the Austin neighborhood over the weekend.
Ruth Chepngetich, who set the women's world record at the Chicago marathon in 2024, has been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.
A protest dubbed the "Make Good Trouble Rally" in honor of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis is planned for Chicago Thursday in Daley Plaza to oppose President Trump and his policies.
The 1995 Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.
The children left behind and the hidden toll of domestic violence in Chicago.
Three Chicago pharmacies were hit by burglars overnight. Police have not yet connected the three burglaries, but small business owners said this crew has hit them more than once and cost them thousands in damage.
Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King sat down with us to discuss the district's precarious financial situation and how she plans to reassure parents after a tumultuous year.
Gilbert and Hester Mendez said police pointed assault rifles and handguns at them and their children, Peter and Jack, after raiding the wrong home in 2017.
Ruth Chepngetich, who set the women's world record at the Chicago marathon in 2024, has been provisionally suspended for a positive doping test.
Will Reilly scored his first career goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally Atlanta United to a draw with the Chicago Fire on Wednesday night.
Sky star Angel Reese missed her first game of the season with a leg injury.
The Indiana Fever might be without star guard Caitlin Clark again for a bit after she injured her groin late in a win over the Connecticut Sun.
Heyward was joined by former Cubs right fielder Nick Castellanos to host the event at the North Austin Center, which is home to the Jason Heyward Baseball Academy.
A Wisconsin judge has approved releasing a woman from a mental hospital, more than a decade after she nearly killed a classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man.
More than 500 people were arrested for retail theft recently in a specifically targeted mission by more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the U.S.
The charges to which Monica Davis admitted in Cook County included aggravated battery and license violations.
Steven Montano, now 21, is charged with multiple counts of murder and other felonies, accused of fatally shooting Vásquez Lasso during a chase on March 1, 2023.
By some estimates, cargo thefts are a $35 billion-a-year problem with the power to disrupt supply chains, and even increase prices at the grocery store.
