Only Half Of Black Seniors Approved For Home Repair Or Refinance Loans To Age In Place

A great deep dive by Tatiana Walk-Morris, @angelatcr, sujay kumar, Maia McDonald 💫, & Khadija Ahmed/Investigative Project on Race and Equity that I had the pleasure of making photos with Block Club Chicago.
STORY: blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/23/onl…

What a news week... Well, at least it's Friday...

BREAKING: The Bears plan for new stadium includes $4.6 billion price tag, with about half of it coming from the taxpayers. Chicago Tribune scoop chicagotribune.com/2024/04/23/ske…

Must read by the Investigative Project on Race and Equity team & published by Block Club Chicago! In addition to the data driven reporting, be sure to check out Maia McDonald 💫's insightful video.

Pigeons of Giddings Plaza
4/23/24

Lincoln Square, Chicago

A huge congratulations to @blockclubchi investigative reporter Rachel Hinton, who is being honored with DePaul Journalism Program's Distinguished Alumna Award Thursday!

We are so proud to have Rachel on our team.
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Is this your dog? We saw this beautiful Pomeranian(?) wandering around 60th and Princeton in Englewood just now. Called 311 to let them know. The dog didn't have a collar and seemed pretty skittish.

Frantic scene outside Dom’s Market in Lakeview as the grocer shuts down with little notice.

Employees were seen walking out with bags full of top-shelf liquor.

“It was sudden … I went to the liquor department, grabbed a bottle and said ‘let’s chug’”

'Jesus, don't cry
You can rely on me, honey
You can combine anything you want
I'll be around
You were right about the stars
Each one is a setting sun'

I've been super spoiled & have had the privilege to work alongside Rachel Hinton twice now, 10/10 would recommend. She is sharp, thoughtful, skeptical, and a total sweetheart who I would never, ever want to sit across from if I had something to hide. kudos! blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/23/blo…

Foxtrot, Dom's Kitchen & Market Closing Chicago Stores Months After Merger blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/23/fox… via Quinn Myers & Mack Liederman/Block Club Chicago

I'm outside the Division St Foxtrot in Wicker where people are FREAKING out about the chain's closure. One woman just told me she moved to the neighborhood because Foxtrot was here Block Club Chicago

For Investigative Project on Race and Equity & Block Club Chicago, my colleagues @angelatcr, sujay kumar, Maia McDonald 💫, Khadija Ahmed & I examined how the lack of access to home repair loans and grants hinders Black seniors in Chicago from aging in place and building generational wealth. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/23/onl…

The Bears are expected to make a public pitch tomorrow for a domed lakefront stadium. buff.ly/3U7XAk5

Only half of Black seniors were approved for home repair/refinance loans.

Chicago’s legacy of segregation + redlining influences access to lending, harming Black seniors who want to pass on generational wealth + age in place.

✍️ Investigative Project on Race and Equity: buff.ly/3W5d6Qi

A sad, emotional and beautiful story: Neighbors have raised over $8,000 for the Durbin family, who lost everything in an Avondale fire last week. Two other homes were also damaged by the fire. Gary said the love has “restored my faith in humanity.”
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Police have released video of a man wanted in the shooting death of Officer Luis Huesca. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/22/pol…

UChicago promised $15 million for South Side violence prevention. It’s given less than $3 million.
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#TodaysReportingLunch : I got the roasted red pepper and spinach panini, topped with hummus, the other day with Quinn Myers. Refreshing and tasty amid a day of reporting then.
4/12/24

Bronzeville, Chicago | 📍 Little Sandwich Shop, 411 E. Oakwood Blvd.

A plan to preserve building character on Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square and Avondale is moving forward. buff.ly/3waWMmj