Englewood homes sold under city program aimed to rehab abandoned properties
<p>Chicago’s effort to rehabilitate abandoned homes on the South and West sides to foster homeownership took a big step recently.</p><p>The city, along with project partners and neighbors, held a ribbon cutting Friday on two rehabbed homes in Englewood. One of the South Green Street homes has already been sold, and the other is under contract.</p><p>The homes join more than 70 other properties that have been rehabbed and sold under <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/05/22/city-program-rebuild-chicago-rehab-30-properties-south-west-sides" >Rebuild Chicago 2.0</a>, an expansion of the city’s Rebuild program that gives abandoned homes a second life.
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<p>Chicago’s effort to rehabilitate abandoned homes on the South and West sides to foster homeownership took a big step recently.</p><p>The city, along with project partners and neighbors, held a ribbon cutting Friday on two rehabbed homes in Englewood. One of the South Green Street homes has already been sold, and the other is under contract.</p><p>The homes join more than 70 other properties that have been rehabbed and sold under <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/05/22/city-program-rebuild-chicago-rehab-30-properties-south-west-sides" >Rebuild Chicago 2.0</a>, an expansion of the city’s Rebuild program that gives abandoned homes a second life. The program identifies homes that can be acquired, rehabbed and sold to create homeownership opportunities on the South and West sides, which have experienced decades of disinvestment.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-af0000" name="image-af0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8cba46d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b9610b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/71175a1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Inside the kitchen and dining area of one of renovated units, as part of the rehab of a two-unit Englewood property." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/71175a1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/89c16f4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/71175a1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+845/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F88%2F10%2F771435084128a3e1b8f02d0ff639%2Frebuild-2608110021.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Inside one of renovated units, as part of the rehab of a two-unit Englewood property.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Manuel Martinez/WBEZ</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The program was expanded after being awarded a $20 million grant from the Illinois Housing Development Authority in November 2024.</p><p>“This ribbon cutting is the result of ongoing and intentional efforts to address and undo the long-term impacts in systems of unfair and predatory lending, racism and redlining, blockbusting and it goes on,” Kristin Faust, IHDA's executive director, said in a news release. “It is a result of our shared belief that the ZIP code where you grew up should not determine your life's path.
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- <p>Chicago’s effort to rehabilitate abandoned homes on the South and West sides to foster homeownership took a big step recently.</p><p>The city, along with project partners and neighbors, held a ribbon cutting Friday on two rehabbed homes in Englewood. One of the South Green Street homes has already been sold, and the other is under contract.</p><p>The homes join more than 70 other properties that have been rehabbed and sold under <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/05/22/city-program-rebuild-chicago-rehab-30-properties-south-west-sides" >Rebuild Chicago 2.0</a>, an expansion of the city’s Rebuild program that gives abandoned homes a second life.
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