After foreclosure: Chicago's high-stakes race to recycle empty homes

Chicago sails into unchartered waters with a new program to buy and recycle homes repossessed by mortgage lenders. So how will City Hall choose the homes--and the neighborhoods--to save?

 

Triage: Can tough decisions help save Chicago from foreclosure blight?

An interactive feature about Chicago's plans to spend a $55 million federal grant to buy and rehab bank-owned properties for resale or rent. Learn why only some neighborhoods will receive funds.

From MLK inspiration to foreclosure funk: An organizer's tale

Organizer Jim Capraro remembers when protesters threw bottles at Dr. King. Forty years later, after much hard work, he's seeing his neighborhood tested anew ... by foreclsoures. 

Community developer steers road to revitalization

 Many of Auburn Gresham's senior residents lost homes they once owned to foreclosure. Now, longtime resident and community organizer Carlos Nelson is hoping a chunk of the federal grant money can help bring new life into his community.

Where will the stabilization money go?

 Which are Chicago's "areas of greatest need" for foreclosures? The number of bank-owned homes matters, but so does unemployment, the pecentage of subprime loans and the drop in home values.

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