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Construction of housing at Altgeld Gardens in 2008. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Landmark Chicago public housing discrimination settlement extended

July 31, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

The case, Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority, was a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of public housing resident and community organizer, Dorothy Gautreaux, and it sought to end systemic racial...

Visitors check out rooms in an open house for a two-bedroom unit for sale at 2450 N. Seminary Ave., July 20, 2024, in Chicago's Lincoln Park. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

As workers return to the office, residents are moving back to Chicago and other cities, driving up home prices

August 1, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

Although fewer homes changed hands in Illinois during the first six months of this year, many residents who found new houses they could afford moved. Median home sales prices in...

The former Pioneer Arcade building at 1535 N. Pulaski Road on March 2, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Pioneer Arcade receives city, state support to be developed into affordable housing

July 25, 2024 at 2:50 p.m.

A plan to construct affordable housing units in the historic Pioneer Arcade building in Humboldt Park will be awarded low-income housing tax credits.

As the new Chicago Fire Football Club Performance Center at 14th Street and Ashland Avenue in Chicago nears completion, the area being developed as practice fields for team members is seen on July 15, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Endeavor Health signs on as naming rights partner for new Chicago Fire training facility

July 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The training facility is located in Roosevelt Square on the Near West Side and is expected to open in January 2025.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has named W. Brooke Elliott as its new dean of the Gies College of Business. (Holly Birch Photography)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign taps new business school dean

July 9, 2024 at 5:35 p.m.

W. Brooke Elliott's appointment begins August 16 and is subject to approval by the university's board of trustees.

Pallbearers carry the casket of Chicago police bomb technician Larry Neuman during his funeral on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Detention ordered for 2nd teen charged in fatal shooting of retired police officer, bomb tech

June 29, 2024 at 6:54 p.m.

Cook County prosecutors on Saturday said that numerous witnesses and videos from surveillance cameras in the area helped identify a 17-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of retired CPD officer...

Mortgage company Guaranteed Rate changing its name to Rate

June 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate is changing its name to Rate, according to company communications reviewed by the Tribune.

Many former employees of Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate told the Tribune they experienced or witnessed persistent verbal abuse and a misogynistic environment while working at the mortgage company. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Verbal abuse, a ‘sex-driven’ culture: Ex-employees describe toxic environment at Guaranteed Rate

June 18, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.

Ex-employees allege they experienced persistent verbal abuse and a misogynistic environment at Chicago-based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate.

People walk past the National Association of Realtors building at 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2023. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Realtors group to pay $418 million to settle litigation over broker commission fees

March 15, 2024 at 3:20 p.m.

The settlement will fundamentally change how homes are bought and sold by removing the assumption that buyers' and sellers' agents will split a 5-6% commission on home sales, which had...

Joanna Olszynska, a Compass real estate broker, walks through a single-family row house during an open house on Jan. 21, 2024.

Chicago home sales dropped more than 20% last year. Industry experts are optimistic for a better market in 2024.

January 22, 2024 at 1:05 p.m.

After a slow year for the residential real estate market in 2023, with persistent high mortgage rates and low inventory keeping buyers and sellers sidelined, industry experts are optimistic for...

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