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1 week ago |
southsideweekly.com | Laura Stewart
This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project as part of their series Making it in Chicago: Detours and Dead Ends on the Path to Opportunity. LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now—one that may force her to leave the home her family has owned for generations. She can’t afford to pay off the mortgage on the West Side home all at once. But she shouldn’t have to.
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1 week ago |
illinoisanswers.org | Laura Stewart
CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home her family has owned for generations. She can’t afford to pay off the mortgage on the West Side home all at once. But she shouldn’t have to. Twelve years ago, her grandmother, Louise Minter, was tricked into a reverse mortgage scheme on the premise of home repairs.
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Jun 3, 2024 |
thevedette.com | Laura Stewart
This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. Editor’s note: This is the second story examining government home buyouts. Read part one, which focuses on Illinois’ program, here. WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – In an area once dotted with single family homes, a one-mile gravel path weaves through wetlands, thousands of native plants and rain gardens.
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Jun 2, 2024 |
capitolnewsillinois.com | Laura Stewart
Grasses and green space absorb rainfall and flood waters that run through a restoration area in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. (Credit: Laura Stewart, Illinois Answers Project) Monday, June 3, 2024Illinois and New Jersey have a problem in common: Flooding, and its devastation on communities. Here, the Illinois Answers Project examines why New Jersey’s work on this front is seen as a national model.
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May 15, 2024 |
illinoisanswers.org | Laura Stewart
Editor’s note: This is the second story examining government home buyouts. Read part one, which focuses on Illinois’ program, here. WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – In an area once dotted with single family homes, a one-mile gravel path weaves through wetlands, thousands of native plants and rain gardens.
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