Community Development Posts

August 11, 2023

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...

June 20, 2023

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...

February 24, 2023

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...

February 02, 2023

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...

February 11, 2022

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...

August 31, 2021

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,...