Affordability improved ever so slightly this year because wage growth outpaced the growth in monthly housing payments,” said ...

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s signature projects is an ambitious plan to spend $1.25 billion over five years to build ...

The state of Illinois has the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act, which requires municipalities with under 10% affordable housing to create a plan to increase that percentage.

The state of Illinois saw a 116% increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in early 2024, with most of that ...

The program launched in early 2024 with enough pandemic relief funding to offer recruits — some of them in their 60s and 70s ...

Even as migrants find permanent housing, the city's problem persists with its lack of adequate affordable options and ...

Expansions in the millions of dollars for high schools and a middle school, the approval of plans to develop hundreds of apartments, plans for a $100 million redevelopment of Westfield Old Orchard and ...

Within the last year and a half, housing attorneys have filed some of the first lawsuits allowed under Illinois’ nearly ...

In the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro, the 60043 ZIP code in Kenilworth saw gains in the luxury sector, with an average home ...

Illinois and Chicago leaders are reacting to the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100 on Sunday.

Groups have fought for years to save the Century and Consumers buildings at 202 and 220 S. State St., both rare surviving ...