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How Ben Lindau overcame a stroke and built a soccer career

A Chicago native, Lindau will be part of the U.S. Men’s Cerebral Palsy National Team that will play at the Parapan American Games next month in Santiago, Chile.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

$20,000 grant from CHA puts homeownership within residents’ reach

A single mother who earlier this month closed on an East Garfield Park single-family home became the CHA’s new down payment program’s first recipient.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

Donald Trump is set to testify Nov. 6 in his New York civil fraud trial

It was already expected the former president and sons Donald Jr. and Eric would testify. The timing became clear Friday, after Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that daughter Ivanka Trump also must appear.

WEKU · Oct 28, 2023

The Hindu Home Expo buyers and builders felicitation meet

The Hindu Home Expo buyers and builders felicitation meet

The Hindu · Oct 27, 2023

Nursing home industry gives big to Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, who goes to bat for it on bid for tax breaks

Harmon’s campaign funds have gotten nearly $2 million from a nursing home trade group. He’s supporting legislation that would provide millions in property tax relief for nursing homes in Cook County.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

London architects unveil plans to convert Enfield golf course into modern housing

The move could see hundreds of new homes created for Londoners

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023

‘A tiny, geometric shoebox’: housing crisis prompts debate on minimum apartment sizes in Australian cities

Housing groups and urban planners have raised concerns about sacrificing living standards and creating new urban slums

The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2023

The Biden administration is encouraging the conversion of empty office space to affordable housing

The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states and cities to convert more empty office buildings into housing units, with billions of federal dollars available to help spur such transitions

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

Man found dead in chimney a month after tenants hear screams for help

Zachariah Andrews was discovered by maintenance worker investigating foul smell

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

‘It takes a mental toll’: students in England priced out of university towns

Housing costs forcing undergraduates and master’s students to work long hours or commute

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023