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Our Secret Weapon, Mary Carter

Piedmont Housing Alliance prides itself on our great customer service.  We have helped thousands of local residents take control of their financial destiny, to become successful renters or homeowners or…

Girls on the Run at Clark School

As the parent of now grown children, I can remember thinking about this time of year:  “finally, school is starting again.”  Now, it seems impossible that summer is almost over. …

Healthy building, healthy community

The links between housing and health are getting more and more attention these days, as study after study shows that better health outcomes and savings on health costs are linked…

What the Market Will Bear is Not Affordable

The City of Chicago is taking a new approach to increasing affordable housing.  Using vacant land (approximately 1,000 parcels spread throughout the city), the The Chicago Infrastructure Trust, (hatched in…

It all Adds Up to Unaffordable

America is getting less and less affordable for renters out there. The most recent blog from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies indicates that the cost of new rentals…