{"id":72780,"date":"2018-11-01T17:14:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=72780"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T02:59:28","slug":"affordable-housing-tensions-boil-over-in-logan-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/affordable-housing-tensions-boil-over-in-logan-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable housing tensions boil over in Logan Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alexis Shanes<\/strong>
\nMedill Reports<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashley Galvan Ramos brought the most impassioned voice to a march by Logan Square residents against housing inequity, the latest in a string of riffs between activists and the city as rents skyrocket in their gentrifying neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Galvan Ramos, the 20-year-old youth representative for the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, said she and her family found themselves displaced early this year after their landlord sold their apartment building without warning.
\n\u201cIt was really hard for us to move,\u201d Galvan Ramos said. \u201cWe packed everything on the day of my sister\u2019s quincea\u00f1era. We had nowhere to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Logan Square is known for its rich Hispanic history, but minority residents say they are targeted unfairly for evictions. The march reflected the neighborhood\u2019s demographics. The sign at the right reads,\u201cour community, our sanctuary.\u201d (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Ashley Galvan Ramos, a 20-year-old Logan Square Neighborhood Association representative, led chants in both English and Spanish, and shared her personal displacement experience with the crowd. In Logan Square and nearby Avondale and Hermosa, more than half of residents live in households in which a language other than English is spoken, according to U.S. Census data. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Hispanic residents have left Logan Square in droves since gentrification took hold of the neighborhood. Protestors said thousands of longtime residents have left since developers began replacing affordable family housing with small, expensive apartment units. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Protestors\u2019 chants spoke directly to the area\u2019s gentrification problem: \u201cIf we don\u2019t get it, shut it down\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s not right\u201d were among the most popular cries. They stopped traffic along the march route, but drivers didn\u2019t seem to mind \u2014 many honked their car horns in a noisy show of support. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The march drew supporters of all ages. Instead of signs, some of them carried handmade paper houses. This one reads, \u201cY no nos vamos,\u201d or \u201cWe are not leaving.\u201d (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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While the dancers performed, protestors, including Jhoanna Maldonado, raised their fists in solidarity. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A rent control initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot in three wards supports repealing the state Rent Control Preemption Act, which would allow local governments to limit the rate at which rents increase. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\u201cToo often we are told that there\u2019s nothing we can do,\u201d said Jhoanna Maldonado, center, a Chicago Public Schools special education teacher. \u201cBut here we are, doing it, changing the narrative about our community, about our schools.\u201d (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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An October chill settled over the crowd as the sun sank, but cool weather didn\u2019t deter protestors, who remained focused on the speakers\u2019 stories until the end of the event. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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After the march, protestors gathered on Emmett Street in a parking lot near the CTA Blue Line Logan Square stop. They circled around Aztec dancers who performed to a rousing drumbeat. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

Her family spent a few days on the street before finding sanctuary in a family friend\u2019s basement in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gave up on school,\u201d she said. \u201cDuring the time I was supposed to be at school, I was walking around the neighborhood to look for an apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her parents now are homeowners in Austin, approximately five miles southwest of Logan Square, thanks in part to support they received from the LSNA. But Galvan Ramos said she misses the community in which she lived for 13 years and hopes to return to Logan Square one day.<\/p>\n

The neighborhood historically was recognized for its diversity, but nearly 20,000 Hispanic residents left the area between 2000 and 2014, according to U.S. Census data. Activists such as Galvan Ramos said gentrification is at the root of the problem.<\/p>\n

Community members said the Chicago City Council members have not taken appropriate steps toward addressing the housing crisis in Logan Square, a responsibility that falls to the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. The city\u2019s five-year housing plan, a document that guides the city\u2019s housing policies and will expire in December.<\/p>\n

A proposed draft of the new five-year Chicago housing plan, which would take effect in 2019, includes provisions for a new city Department of Housing. It would be \u201cfocused on supporting access to housing as a core component of all neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n

A draft of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel\u2019s 2019 budget recommendations allocated more than $4.3 million for housing.<\/p>\n

Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (D-29th), who will run for reelection Feb. 26, said the new housing plan should include provisions for new affordable housing in areas where gentrification is most problematic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe five-year housing plan really needs to be a plan that supports working Chicagoans, and that has substance and meat to it,\u201d Ramirez-Rosa said. \u201cThat means dollars. That also means including undocumented immigrant families into that plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-39th) in February 2017 introduced a bill to repeal the 1997 Rent Control Preemption Act, which prevents local governments from establishing rules about rent \u2014 including making ordinances that prevent landlords from raising rent at their discretion.<\/p>\n

However, some housing advocates argue that simply repealing the act is not enough. Lift the Ban Coalition, comprised mostly of housing advocacy groups, supports limiting annual changes in rental amounts to no more than the change in inflation and establishing rent control boards with elected representatives. The group estimates that in Logan Square, the difference between demanded and available affordable housing is 37 percent.<\/p>\n

Ramirez-Rosa is among the local politicians who support legislation to repeal the act, which is on the Nov. 6 ballot in the 35th, 46th and 49th wards as an advisory referendum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen multimillionaire developers purchase large apartment buildings, and from one month to the other, double the rent on the same exact apartment,\u201d Ramirez-Rosa said. \u201cThat\u2019s something that our working families can\u2019t afford.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guzzardi added that gentrification is a \u201ccomplex, multi-faceted challenge,\u201d and he said he thinks residents are aware of a need for productive government intervention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city has its hands tied by the state in terms of trying to solve this problem,\u201d Guzzardi said. \u201cWe really believe that we need the government to intervene, keep the greed of landlords and developers from pushing people out of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chicago Housing Justice League, a group founded early in 2018, represents 37 groups and released a series of recommendations for the five-year housing plan that reflected the city\u2019s priorities but added a category they call \u201cdemocratizing decision-making,\u201d designed to bring housing resolutions to the ward or aldermanic levels, said Michael Saelens, a spokesperson for the organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf something doesn\u2019t go into work, at least tell us why,\u201d Saelens said. \u201cThat\u2019s really all we really want. Chicago has a long history of being kind of opaque.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel\u2019s] decision not to run for a third term has really thrown things into chaos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

One recommendation involves the city\u2019s Affordable Requirements Ordinance, which currently requires developers to set aside at least 10 percent of the units as affordable and family-sized when the city approves rezoning of property.<\/p>\n

But developers can pay a fee to provide comparable affordable units within two miles. As a result, most landlords choose to move the required affordable housing units off-site, contributing to displacement, Saelens said.<\/p>\n

A new ARO proposal includes raising the provision requirement to 30 percent and eliminating the \u201ccarve-out\u201d fee option.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s push for it,\u201d Saelens said. \u201cThere\u2019s movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the likelihood a new ARO rule will be approved is slim, Saelens said. He is unsure whether the City Council Committee on Housing and Real Estate will hold a hearing on the proposed option.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not holding my breath,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Norma Rios-Sierra, LSNA president, said the organization has proposed initiatives that would charge developers fees to provide funding for families to stay in their homes, along with a home ownership program for low-income families, more affordable housing units and a new mental health clinic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are frustrated because we have presented viable solutions over the course of the year, and we have been ignored,\u201d Rios-Sierra said. \u201cIt is troubling to see the rate at which my neighborhood is being sold out to developers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unrest in the housing situation affects education as well, said Jhoanna Maldonado, a Chicago Public Schools special education teacher and the vice president of LSNA.<\/p>\n

As Hispanic families leave, the school-age population has dipped, hurting both enrollment and educational resources, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to choose between music and art,\u201d Maldonado said. \u201cWe no longer have a librarian. But the city has millions for developers.\u201d<\/p>\n

As tensions escalate, Guzzardi said he wanted protesters to know he supports their fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re right to be angry and they\u2019re right to be frustrated,\u201d Guzzardi said, gesturing to the crowd nearby. \u201cIt\u2019s time for us to come together and do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the march, when the protesters gathered in a parking lot, Galvan Ramos fought back tears as she retold her story to the marchers. But she said she hopes something good will grow out of her personal struggle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feeling of being displaced still lingers,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I am proud to be here. I want all of you to look around and see each other right now. This is hope. This is community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Several hundred protesters gathered Oct. 23 in a parking lot near Sacramento and Milwaukee Avenues, near Marcello\u2019s Father and Son Restaurant, before marching a half mile to protest housing inequity in Logan Square. (Alexis Shanes\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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