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We know that the COVID-19 pandemic hit small business owners especially hard, and we want to help provide relief to property owners impacted by the eviction mortarium and businesses shut […]
The Shared Cost Sidewalk Program is a program that allows property owners to share the cost of sidewalk repair with the City. Thousands of Chicagoans have been a part of […]
The Illinois REALTORS® have launched a new Diversity Initiative, including their new Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit. The initiative was created to reaffirm the organization’s longtime commitment to diversity in the […]
Michael LaFargue, our Riverdale and Roseland 77 representative with Coldwell Banker Realty, discussed the possibility of extending the CTA Red Line south of 95th Street. Discussions for this extension have […]
This summer and fall, the Chicago Parks Foundation is leading a citywide volunteer initiative to help keep the city’s parks clean. In partnership with the Chicago Park District, they are […]
The 77 representative for the Chatham neighborhood, LaShandria Sanderson, Redfin, talked with Inman about how REALTORS® can help avoid steering and bias when helping clients looking to move. This article […]
The 77 representatives Marla Forbes, @properties and representative for the Near North Side, Kim Offord, Fathom Realty and representative for Chatham, and Matt Silver, Corcoran Urban Real Estate representing Lakeview, […]
The 77 General Body is a representation of Chicago as a whole. Diversity is defined by a range of human differences, including but not limited to: race, ethnicity, gender, gender […]
The past few weeks have been difficult for all of us following the current events and unrest in our city and across the country. We are with you in your […]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! To commemorate the month, we want to share homeownership data with you about the AAPI population in the United States and locally. This […]
CAR is now accepting applications to our recently-launched diversity committee, the 77, named after Chicago’s 77 unique neighborhoods. The 77 will tackle topics like Fair Housing and economic development, as […]