Mayoral challenger touts ‘Bank of Chicago’ as way to create 10K homeowners, ‘repopulate’ South, West sides

Ja’Mal Green collects signatures in 2018 for his ballot petitions in the last mayoral election. Green has decided to run again, joining a crowded field of challengers who hope to face Mayor Lori Lightfoot in next year’s election. He’s now proposing the creation of a publicly owned “Bank of Chicago.” (Rich Hein/Sun-Times file photo)

Community activist Ja’Mal Green is campaigning for mayor on a promise to create 10,000 new homeowners who will “repopulate” South and West side communities.

On Tuesday, he proposed the financing vehicle he hopes will help deliver on that lofty promise: the “Bank of Chicago.”