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The first project approved as part of Chicago’s Missing Middle Infill Housing Initiative broke ground in the North Lawndale neighborhood, a development that will bring seven two-flats to several vacant lots.
As Michael Liptrot explains in Block Club Chicago, “The Missing Middle initiative looks to revitalize and repopulate neighborhoods by building new, for-sale housing attainable to families looking to own in areas where such housing stock has been hollowed out. The initiative sells city-owned lots in the program to developers for $1, with the city subsidizing up to $150,000 per unit to develop for-sale housing.”
The first series of projects by Austin developer Citizens Building a Better Community is underway, and four more projects are expected to break ground this year.
According to Liptrot, “Funding for subsidies comes from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $1.25 billion housing and economic development bond.”
Read the full story: ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Program Breaks Ground On 1st Project In North Lawndale
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