The Chicago Housing Authority’s agreement to lease land to the Chicago Fire soccer club did not undergo proper local and federal reviews, a lawsuit filed Thursday by three community organizations alleges.
One of these advocates, Roderick Wilson, executive director of the Lugenia Burns Hope Center, said former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration did not discuss the land deal with community members and hopes the lawsuit will change how CHA does business.
Emily Coffey — one of the attorneys who filed the lawsuit and the director of equitable community development and housing at Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights — said that HUD continues to rubber stamp all of CHA’s moves to privatize public land meant for housing.The Chicago skyline looms overhead as heavy equipment plows through a section vacant land the Chicago Fire is leasing from the CHA, May 22, 2023.
also said the sites’s proximity to amenities such as a medical district is something a civil rights analysis needs to consider. This action came after Wilson and other organizers went to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress regarding the deal between CHA and the Chicago Fire.“Working within and giving back to communities across the Chicagoland area is a core value of the Chicago Fire Football Club, the team said in a statement responding to Waters’s letter.
“We must acknowledge the broken promises and disinvestment that have displaced thousands of Chicagoans and move forward with clarity in our vision of affordable housing for all,” García said. “While the Chicago City Council voted on and approved this plan, I am sympathetic to the need for careful due diligence.”
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