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A welcome home banner is hung as preparations for three families to move into new housing in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood Dec. 18, 2024. The Hope Center Foundation, United Power for Action and Justice, and Salem Baptist Church of Chicago were on hand to provide keys and housewarming gifts to the families. It marked nearly 60 years since the last new residential home construction sale in the Roseland community. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Ald. Bennett Lawson: Housing should define Chicago’s 2027 municipal elections

October 2, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

Every candidate for the City Council should identify which housing projects require negotiation and which projects are legal by right.

Afternoon rush hour traffic plods along DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Feb. 13, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Aldermen: Halt all work on the DuSable Lake Shore Drive project

June 7, 2024 at 11:38 a.m.

We oppose all versions of the Redefine the Drive project that fail to incorporate mass transit such as buses or light rail.