Affordable housing push for first-time buyers on the West Side is seeing early results

Affordable housing push for first-time buyers on the West Side is seeing early results

Homeownership is a key part of building generational wealth, especially in Chicago where only 33.9% of Black families and 45.6% of Latino families own their homes, compared to 53% of white families, according to the Chicago Community Trust.A program backed by local and national funders is looking to change those statistics by providing a smoother path to homeownership on the West Side — focusing on East Garfield Park and Humboldt Park, where the…

Affordable housing push for first-time buyers on the West Side is seeing early results

Homeownership is a key part of building generational wealth, especially in Chicago where only 33.9% of Black families and 45.6% of Latino families own their homes, compared to 53% of white families, according to the Chicago Community Trust. A program backed by local and national funders is looking to change those statistics by providing a smoother path to homeownership on the West Side — focusing on East Garfield Park and Humboldt Park, where th…