Posted in Blog, Events Calendar, Housing Resources - local on Jul 16th, 2010
Learn how to lower your costs for utilities, mortgage payments, transportation, and food. Co-presented with CUB, I-Go Car Sharing & Growing Home · Citizens Utility Board · I-Go Car Sharing · Growing Home DATE: Wednesday, July 28 TIME: 5:45PM to 7:45PM LOCATION: Illinois Action for Children | 1340 S. Damen | [...]
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Mar 20th, 2010
Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern (Chicago) Suburbs The Interfaith Housing Center has been north suburban Chicago’s premier advocate for fair and affordable housing since 1972. We foster open communities. It’s the right thing to do. And it makes our communities better places to live.
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Mar 20th, 2010
The Center of Concern is a social service agency serving individuals in the northwest Chicagoland area. It’s home sharing program matches homeowners having extra space in their homes with individuals who need affordable housing. Homeowners or condo/ apartment dwellers willing to share their homes do so in exchange for affordable rent and/or services. The Center’s [...]
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Feb 28th, 2010
The Waterside Co-op is a 4 bedroom, 107 yr old, organic Victorian house in Lincoln Square/Ravenswood, near Campbell and Sunnyside, near public transportation. It’s across the street from a huge organic community garden where we grow raspberries and mint. We participate in and co-ordinate environmental, justice, and peace initiatives (not all at the same time) [...]
Posted in Events Calendar, Housing Resources - local on Jan 28th, 2010
Title: Introduction to Cohousing Location: Hall Public Library, 4801 S. Michigan Ave. Description: Cohousing is a new approach to one of humanity’s oldest concerns – how to create a meaningful and vibrant community. Cohousing adapts the best parts of traditional village life – cooperation, shard public spaces, intergenerational connections between neighbors – and invigorates those [...]
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Jan 15th, 2010
February – member openings Mid-February – 3 month sublet, with an option of staying on as a full member beginning in May May – member openings Do you find joy in your life? Do you care about social justice and community? Then share a big, beautiful house with good people at a low price. Leland [...]
Posted in Housing Resources - local on Sep 13th, 2008
Openings To keep things simple, “affordable” and “cooperative” are lumped into one category. The South Evanston apartments are affordable condos. HUB Housing is an affordable cooperative, BeyondToday is an affordable shared house that is becoming a cooperative. Two apartments at the HUB Housing Cooperative, located on Marshall Boulevard at 24th Street in Little Village, are [...]