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Board highlights $10M Pritzker prize for Reclaiming Chicago; asks county to consider TIF support for down-payment aid
Summary
Board members celebrated United Power for Action and Justice’s Reclaiming Chicago program for winning a $10 million Pritzker prize to build 2,000 homes and heard requests to earmark TIF surplus for down-payment assistance; the board also recognized environmental awards and several ceremonial resolutions before approving the consent calendar.
Commissioner Gaynor and representatives from United Power for Action and Justice and Lawndale Christian Development Corporation briefed the Cook County Board about a major private prize and a request for public support to convert that philanthropic award into large-scale homebuilding on the South and West sides.
Gaynor said the coalition had won a ‘‘$10,000,000 prize from the Pritzkers’’ that will support plans to build up to 2,000 homes in targeted neighborhoods. Richard Towntell,…
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