[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ That's because the "affordable housing" rabble rousers aren't actually interested in housing people, they are interested in maintaining segregation in their political divisions so they can maintain power.

In other words, Carlos Rosa isn't interested in making CHA spend some of their vast war chest building on already owned lands. He instead want's to hand out city land in his ward to political organizations that got him elected so they can move a bunch of voters who are bought and paid for in and maintain Rosa's political power.

Honestly it's more of the same old school corrupt machine behavior. Not surprising when you consider Preckwinkle and Luis Guitterz are Rosa's political mentors/patrons.


Honestly it's totally absurd that the CHA lands in areas like Bronzeville and Chinatown have been left fallow. Thousands of units could have been built on them to allieviate housing shortages all over the city. Part of me suspects it was a conscious effort on Rahm's part to essentailly Red Line the poor out of Chicago. Definately one big failure on his part IMO.