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 available. The asking price is $138,000 for the first floor two-bedroom and $145,000 for the second-floor two-bedroom.  And, the co-op can finance much of the purchase price. Unlike much of life, this really does sound like such a deal! Check out http://www.chicagocoop.net/current-openings/.

Beyond Today, a co-op house in the Lincoln Square/Ravenswood neighborhood has rooms available,  http://www.beyondtoday.org/coop/. It is a group living arrangement with shared food, gardening, potlucks and music.

This link http://www.chicagocoop.net/current-openings/ gets you to current openings on the Chicago co-op.net website.

South Evanston Affordable Condos

The Evanston Community Development Association converted a wonderful vintage apartment building in South Evanston at 736-738 Dobson into affordable 2 and 3 bedroom condos. Three of the six units are available at $165,000 each. These beautiful apartments, two 3-bedroom and one 2-bedroom, are available to people who currently live or work in Evanston, with the following income requirements:

Family Size                             Maximum Income

3                                              $54,250

4                                              $60,300

5                                              $65,000

6                                              $69,650

E-mail ECDA’s Executive Director, Keith Banks kabanks1@yahoo.com for more information and to take a tour.

Happenings

Logan Square Cooperative’s Annual Open House

The Chicago cooperative community is active. The Logan Square Co-op annual open house was well attended on Saturday, September 13th. Hot, humid, rainy weather kept us inside instead of in the fabulous side yard. It didn’t stop the conversation, the great food, or the margaritas and beer, however. The good turnout, lively conversation and beautiful, happy children are a testament to Logan Square Co-op’s success. The residents are obviously happy to live there.