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Rent Out a Room: And Make $5,000... or more by Jacqueline Grossmann
Bottom Line/Personal, June 1, 2009
Is the Future Going Down the Drain? Baby Boomers Going Bust by Alexander Zaitchik
AlterNet, March 6, 2009
Homesharing is helping retirees save by Barbara Basler
AARP Bulletin Today, September 19, 2008
Mortgage Foreclosures Accelerating, Gap in High-Cost Loans, Taking in Boarders to Make Ends Meet
Evanston Roundtable, July 23, 2008
Homes at Risk, Owners Take in Boarders by John Leland
The New York Times, July 16, 2008
Home-sharing can trim costs by Jane Adler
Chicago Tribune, March 2, 2008
Help is phone call, Internet search away: Determining where to get help is first step by Jane Adler
Chicago Tribune, February 10, 2008
See a Homesharing match profiled by one-minute video on Fox News. This short segment aired in the Chicago area on December 3, 2007.
Homesharing and How House Sharing Works by Stephanie Fosnight
Pioneer Press, November 1, 2007
Women Turn to Alternative Housing to Meet Retirement Needs by Lisa Scherzer
Smart Money, September 21, 2007
Wanted: Great Housemates by Sarah Mahoney
AARP: The Magazine, July & August 2007
A father, a son, a friend and a promise by Barbara Mahany
Chicago Tribune, June 17, 2007
Homesharing Offers a Double Benefit by
Jane Adler
Special to the Tribune, Published May 23, 2004
Room For A Deal by Rob Johnson
Broadcast on WLS radio, Nov. 2, 2002
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Evanston to buy up, fix up foreclosed homes: Federal funds to be used to convert properties to affordable housing by Brian Cox
Chicago Tribune, May 19, 2010
Foreclosure rates climb in middle and upper class areas by Janeen Winn
Medill Reports, November 12, 2009
Foreclosures Moving From Inner City To Suburbs by Derrick Blakley
CBS2 News, broadcast November 4, 2009
Home is where the fight is: Affordable-housing advocates see opportunity for policy change amid the foreclosure crisis by Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune, October 16, 2009
Illinois Gov Quinn Fights Problem of Foreclosed Homes by John Cutts
Real Estate Pro, April 15, 2009
Surge in foreclosures has counselors swamped by Karen Berkowitz
Evanston Review, April 9, 2009
"Up-front Payments for Mortgage Help Are Illegal" and "City Works to Stem Foreclosures" by Mary Helt Gavin
Evanston Roundtable, April 14, 2009
Help for Homeowners at Risk of Foreclosure by Mary Helt Gavin
Evanston Roundtable, November 12, 2008
Evanston faces foreclosure crisis by Karen Berkowitz
Evanston Review, October 16, 2008
Loan restructuring help possible for some borrowers by Karen Berkowitz
Evanston Review, October 16, 2008
No Funds for Predatory Lending ("News Tips") by Curtis Black
Community Media Workshop, July 1, 2008
Law Requires home-loan advice for some by Kenneth Patchen
Evanston Review, July 1, 2008
Interfaith Housing responding to mortgage crisis by Andrew Schneider
Park Ridge News, June 26, 2008
Family members leave area resident with home headaches by Andrew Schneider
Park Ridge News, June 19, 2008
Mortgage Gap Hits Evanston Hard by Karen Berkowitz
Evanston Review, May 15, 2008
Suburban Mortgage Gap by Matt Miller
Chicago Reporter, March 2008
ARM Loans: Friend or Foe? by Mary Helt Gavin [scroll down for article]
Evanston Roundtable, September 5, 2007
Task Force Offers Seminars to Avoid Foreclosure by Jasmine Brewer [scroll down for article]
Evanston Roundtable, August 22, 2007
Bad loans pain Evanston by Lolly Bowean
Chicago Tribune, November 16, 2005
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Highland Park writing workshop aids Latinas: Community Writing Project led by UIC researcher by Georgia Garvey
Chicago Tribune, December 9, 2009
Guest Essay: Tips on housing rights by Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs and North Shore-Barrington Association of Realtors
Pioneer Press, April 23, 2009
Condo project lawsuit settled by Ken Goze
Wilmette Life, January 22, 2009
See also Interfaith's Press Release for details
Highwood landlords settle housing discrimination charge by Kenneth Patchen
Highland Park News, August 21, 2008
Highwood landlord to pay $7,500 in rental discrimination case
Chicago Tribune, August 12, 2008
"Still Separate and Unequal," Testimony Before National Fair Housing Commission
National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), July 16, 2008
Compromise on taxi parking OK by Kathy Routliffe
Skokie Review, November 8, 2007
Skokie modifies taxi parking rules: Threatened suit by cabdrivers is put on hold
by Deborah Horan and Andrew Schroedter
Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2007
Plan B offered for affordable housing by Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2006
Condo idea worries low-paid workers: Highwood complex only option for many by Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune, October 6, 2005
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Speakers decry lack of affordable housing language in Northbrook plan by Todd Shields
Pioneer Press, April 9, 2010
Review committee wants more focus on affordable housing, stormwater by Todd Shields
Pioneer Press, February 23, 2010
Meeks returns to familiar ground in school-funding fight by Karen Berkowitz
Pioneer Press, December 1, 2009
North Shore education advocacy group aims to educate its own by Melissa Tussing
Medill Reports, November 17, 2009
Equity lawsuit gains allies by Karen Berkowitz
Pioneer Press, October 29, 2009
Guest Essay: Don't make salary sole factor for housing by Brendan Saunders
Glencoe News, July 16, 2009
Study Eyes Area Immigrant Impact by Tom Robb
Glenview Journal Online, July 1, 2009
Meeks' protest last year inspires forum on educational funding by Katie Okun
Winnetka Talk, May 21, 2009
New Trier discussion to focus on future of public education by Tara Malone
Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2009
Guest Essay: Protect Housing Options by Margaret Feit Clarke
Glenview Announcements, May 15, 2008
Reclaiming
the concept of affordability for low-income families who need it most by
Gail Schechter
Shelterforce, issue #133 January/February
2004
Locally and Regionally, Affordable
Housing Matters by Gail Schechter and Karen Chavers
Evanston RoundTable, March
27, 2002
Is Affordable Housing in Evanston
an Oxymoron? by Beth Demes
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 1, 2001
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North Shore couple honored by housing group by Pat Krochmal and Kenneth L. R. Patchen
Pioneer Press, May 6, 2010
Couple to get Interfaith award: They helped prevent eviction of grandmother, her adopted child by Kenneth L. R. Patchen
Pioneer Press, May 6, 2010
North suburban housing crisis the topic of Interfaith Housing meeting by Christopher Peterson
Pioneer Press, October 9, 2009
Interfaith Housing expands to meet needs by Christopher Peterson
Winnetka Talk, July 16, 2008
Interfaith Housing Center active on the North Shore by Margaret Feit Clarke
Winnetka Talk, October 23, 2008
Interfaith Honors Long-Time Housing Advocate, Winnetka Talk, September 11, 2008
Winnetka recalls King's speech here by Joanna Broder
Winnetka Talk, January 18, 2007
Winnetka activists to honor King's '65 visit by Dan Gibbard
Chicago Tribune, January 14, 2007
North Shore Activists Remember King
Chicago Public Radio, Eight-Forty-Eight, January 12, 2007
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