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217 Today: What a second Trump term could mean for housing in Chicago and Illinois

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One of the many ways that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assists communities like Rogers Park, shown here, is through Community Development Block Grants, which the city of Chicago uses to support programs ranging from homeless shelters to accessibility repairs for homeowners.
  • Photo: Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times file

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • Without diverse and representative data, automatic speech recognition technologies cannot accurately understand different types of atypical speech.
  • Federal prosecutors have spent weeks showing how former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan helped allies land no-show Commonwealth Edison jobs.
  • Illinois’ Attorney General is launching a state-wide Conviction Integrity Unit to investigate claims of innocence and remedy wrongful convictions.
  • Students are invited to share their input at the University of Illinois on Thursday about a new bill legislators and advocates say would make going to college in Illinois more affordable.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn about some of the key housing proposals in Project 2025.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Adelyn Mui, Dave McKinney, Anna Savchenko, Lisa Kurian Philip and Esther Yoon-Ji Kang.

 

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.