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PI Original
by Matthew Blake
4:21pm
Tue Feb 7

A New Attempt To Deal With Foreclosed, Vacant Properties

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced a new pilot program aimed at assisting homeowners and rehabilitating vacant, foreclosed upon properties in Cook County.

Quick Hit
by David Milton Brent
1:07pm
Fri Jan 20

Southside Organization Gives “Occupy” New Meaning

Liberate the Southside – an ad-hoc group of Chicago clergymen, community organizers, and local residents – do not believe the “Occupy” movement should be limited to geographic locations like streets and cities.

They are interested in a more literal form of occupation: placing homeless families in abandoned houses that have been foreclosed on by big banks.
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