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		<title>Hearts for Housing 2012 &#8211; It&#8217;s Back!!</title>
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Click here to register for the event or purchase raffle tickets
The Chicago business community has really stepped up this year in support of affordable housing! Raffle Prizes are rolling in everyday and you could be the winner of:

Two first round Blackhawks playoff tickets or tickets to Bulls, Cubs or White Sox games and more!
Membership to Chicago History  Museum, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and more!
Salon and Spa Experiences at Kaya Day Spa, Maryanne Strokirk Salon and more!
Arlington Park Racetrack  “Day at the Races”  and other great experiences!
Gift Certificates to favorite upscale ...]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/hearts-for-housing-2012/</link>
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		<title>LCBH staff member featured in Chicago Tribune, disputes the &#8220;end of racism in housing.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study from the Manhattan Institute, The End of the Segregated Century: Racial Separation in America’s Neighborhoods, 1890-2010 purports the “end of racism in housing.” LCBH staff member Patricia Fron and the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance (CAFHA) disagree.

Fron, who  spends a portion of her time as The John Lukehart Fellow for Public Policy with CAFHA and Morgan Davis, a Fair Housing Policy Analyst from the Oak Park Regional Housing Center discuss with the Chicago Tribune the need for continued vigilance and discourse of fair housing laws and policy. ...]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/lcbh-staff-member-featured-in-chicago-tribune-disputes-the-end-of-racism-in-housing/</link>
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		<title>Cassandra Walker, A Tenant&#8217;s Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From foreclosure crisis to a place to call home, read her story.

(Listen to Cassandra tell her own story at this year&#8217;s Annual Reception &#38; Awards Ceremony YOUTUBE)
When Cassandra and her family first moved into a second floor unit in the Bronzeville neighborhood, the conditions were bearable, but after her landlord went into foreclosure, the building quickly deteriorated. Cassandra was never notified, but started to suspect the foreclosure because numerous people came to the building trying to collect rent.
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Cassandra initially contacted LCBH because some people came to the apartment telling her that they were ...]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/cassandra-walker-a-tenants-story/</link>
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		<title>If you enjoyed Night at the Opera&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The March, a Civil Rights Opera will be perfomed next at The North Park Covenant Church, Sunday January 15th at 2012 &#8212; Learn More.
Date: Sunday, January 15th 2012
Time: 6:00 PM
Please reserve your seat by emailing rsvp@civilrightsopera.com
&#8220;Get a behind the scenes perspective of the personalities and rivalries of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement as they planned The March on  Washington.&#8221;
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View Photos Online
- from A Night at the Opera with LCBH, November 17th, 2011 at Th!nk Art Salon
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&#8212;Learn more about The March: A Civil Rights Opera Project
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		<link>http://lcbh.org/the-march-civil-rights-project/</link>
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		<title>LCBH Welcomes New Board Member Brad Pinne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brad Pinne &#124; Navigant Consulting &#124; Disputes &#38; Investigations


Brad Pinne is a Director in  Navigant’s Disputes &#38; Investigations practice who specializes in complex data analysis to facilitate the resolution of disputes and other business challenges.  Brad was moved by the stories of numerous families that struggle daily with unsafe living conditions and the threat of eviction.  Brad is excited about the opportunity to serve on the LCBH Board and is using his skills to help Supportive Services integrate their case information into LCBH’s Legal Server, which will streamline the submission ...]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/lcbh-attorney-mark-swartz-selected-as-legal-aid-advocate-of-the-month/</link>
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		<title>Report Sheds Harsh Light on Apartment Building Foreclosures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[READ MORE&#8230; Chicago Tribune, June 17, 2011
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		<link>http://lcbh.org/report-sheds-harsh-light-on-apartment-building-foreclosures/</link>
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		<title>NPR Reports on TFIP Foreclosure Findings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the story: More than 10 percent of the rental units in some of Chicago's community areas are at risk of foreclosure, and those neighborhoods are mostly in African-American and Hispanic communities, according to a new study.]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/npr-foreclosure-article/</link>
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		<title>2010 Chicago Tenants in Foreclosure Report Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Findings in our new report show that a "foreclosure belt" is forming in Chicago, leading to the destabilization of vulnerable neighborhoods. Further, banks and other lending institutions are making the problem worse by willfully ignoring tenants rights.]]></description>
		<link>http://lcbh.org/new-chicago-foreclosure-report-released/</link>
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		<title>Annual Reception and Awards Ceremony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Highlights from the event

Thank you for attending this year&#8217;s
Annual Reception &#38; Awards Ceremony.
(click here to see the event photos in a separate window)

 Our wonderful speakers, volunteers,
and you made this a very special evening.

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 Your support helps ensure that all Chicagoans have equal access to the judicial system and that affordable housing continues to be a part of the fabric of Chicago neighborhoods. 
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Watch Cassandra Walker, our 2011 Tenant Speaker, tell her story.




 Learn more about Cassandra HERE.
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		<link>http://lcbh.org/annual-reception-and-awards-ceremony/</link>
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