Community Development Posts

New CVP Project: JumpStart Housing Cooperative
Formerly incarcerated individuals experience significant barriers to housing, and homeownership. Discrimination by landlords against tenant applicants with criminal records...

Margarita Inn gets permanent status — with JCUA’s support
The Margarita Inn — a homeless shelter in Evanston operated by Connections for the Homeless — received permanent operating...

New CVP Project: SACRED Apartments
This month, JCUA awarded a $100,000 loan to SACRED Apartments, a mixed-use community development project in the neighborhood of...

Celebrating CVP’s Impact: 2022 Annual Report
Housing has been core to JCUA’s mission since the very start of our organization. For nearly six decades, we have...

Celebrating CVP’s Impact: 2021 Annual Report
2021 was yet another banner year for JCUA’s Community Ventures Program, during which we continued to build strong Chicagoland neighborhoods...

JCUA celebrates grand opening of Chicago Furniture Bank
JCUA supporters gathered last week for the Grand Opening of the Chicago Furniture Bank’s new facility in Brighton Park,...