Some see housing stock and affordability as underlying reasons why migrants landed in Black Chicago neighborhoods – The Windy City Word

Some see housing stock and affordability as underlying reasons why migrants landed in Black Chicago neighborhoods – The Windy City Word

Lifelong South Shore resident Natasha Dunn said she, like many Black Chicagoans, felt overlooked and disrespected when city officials looked to her neighborhood as an option to place asylum seekers in temporary shelters.“I was not happy at how the government handled this process of placement of migrants in our community,” Dunn said. “I’ve lived in this community all my life,” Dunn said. “And I’ve seen it go down. We are now at a point in our com…