A group of young mothers in Wilmette were worried that their children were growing up in a community that lacked diversity, and they began to discuss how they could organize for change.
[5][6] The Homesharing program is a free service which matches renters with residents in need of additional income, or who desire assistance with housekeeping chores.
Landlords' and tenants' rights are protected under state and local laws, which establish requirements about security deposits, heating, property maintenance, entry, and eviction.
More than 14,500 homes were foreclosed in Chicago's northern suburbs between 2005 and 2013, according to an Open Communities' analysis of Woodstock Institute foreclosure filings data.
[13] Dozens of community groups, led by Open Communities and Jewish Voice for Peace, stand against the many ways in which anti-Muslim and xenophobic hatred manifests itself, including hate speech and hate crimes; institutionalized racism and state-sanctioned violence; racial and religious profiling in all its forms; and prejudice that targets refugees and immigrants of all backgrounds.