Housing
Affordable housing
Daley implemented programs to encourage developers, assist homeowners and renters, promote affordable housing, and fix problems in public housing.
The Plan for Transformation
When Mayor Daley took office in 1989, public housing in Chicago faced a number of challenges.
Julia Stasch, housing commissioner (1997-1999), explains:
Elzie Higginbottom, Chicago real estate developer, and Marilyn Katz, a political consultant to the mayor, discuss the importance of mixed-income developments:
Terry Peterson, CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority (2000-2006), comments on the help Chicago received from the federal government:
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- Mayor Daley at housing press conference
- Julia Stasch discusses public housing in Chicago.
- Terry Peterson explains that the federal government helped Chicago implement the Plan for Transformation for public housing.
- Marilyn Katz discusses mixed-income housing in Chicago under Mayor Richard M. Daley.
- Mayor Daley at the Chicago Affordable Neighborhoods Expo
- Mayor Daley visits Cabrini-Green
- Elzie Higginbottom discusses Chicago's Plan for Transformation under Mayor Richard M. Daley.