CCWBE Report

Organization:
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB)
Reporting Period:
Apr 2024
Submitted on:
May 6, 2024
Submitted By:
Peter Dean

TA Providers: General Questions

CWB Goals

Please provide a brief update on your progress toward your proposed CWB goals in the last reporting period:

We completed our permanently affordable housing co-op incubator sessions with over a dozen participants. We have also been meeting with others in the Chicago co-op community to build capacity. We are planning a graduation ceremony soon. we have also started building a team of contractors to establish contact with existing co-ops and start to learn about their needs with the hope of offering training to them and learning what other needs they have.

What constraints or limitations, if any, did you experience in the last reporting period?

Share loans continue to be the greatest stated need. Our the lack of contacts with existing permanently affordable co-op housing in Chicago and the naturally affordable co-ops makes difficult efforts to support and preserve the limited-equity and non-equity co-ops and learn how Chicago could support the naturally affordable, formerly limited-equity co-ops that might be returned to permanent affordability with assistance and government grants and low interest loans.

What opportunities, if any, did you take advantage of in the last reporting period?

We continue to participate in the Chicago Co-op Taskforce. We continue working with The Resurrection Project and others to discuss setting up a share loan program. We have begun planning to gather information on the existing affordable housing co-ops in Chicago. We have also participated in other gatherings of co-op supporters organized by CSO and the UIC Hub.

Chicago CWB Ecosystem

Did you establish new CWB relationships/partnerships in the last reporting period?

No

Please describe the relationships you established pertaining to your CWB work.

Did you collaborate with other TA providers in the last reporting period?

No

Which TA provider(s) did you work with?

Please share on behalf of whom / which projects you collaborated with the TA providers above:

Did you attend the Working Group meeting last month?

No

How would you rate the usefulness of the working group to your project last month? (on a scale of 1-5)

5 extremely useful

Optional Space

Demographic Data

Community Area(s) (select all that apply)

Community Area Participants Served in this Community Area
Englewood 2
Hyde Park 1
Logan Square 4
Lower West Side 2
South Lawndale 3
South Shore 3
Woodlawn 1
Albany Park 0

 

Race / Ethnicity of Participants (select all that apply)

Black
Latinx
White

 

Gender identity of Participants (select all that apply)

Male
Nonbinary
Female
Unknown

 

Age Range of Participants (select all that apply)

25 to 34
35 to 49
50 to 64
Over 65
Unknown

 

Limited Equity Housing Coops Work

How many sessions of one-on-one consulting to Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives (LEHCs) did you conduct this reporting period? (e.g. one group or individual with one training provider)?

1

 

How many group workshops for Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives did you conduct this reporting period? (e.g. convenings, workshops, events, etc.) 

0

 

How many hours of support to CWB Pre-Development Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives did you provide this reporting period?

4

 

How many hours of support to existing Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives did you provide this reporting period?

1

 

Please list the LEHCs you worked with this reporting period.

Artists Design the Future
La Villita Housing Cooperative
Logan Square Cooperative
Pilsen Housing Cooperative (PIHCO) - 18th & Peoria

 

What type(s) of Technical Assistance did you provide to LEHCs this reporting period? Select all that apply.

 

Number of AFFORDABLE housing units preserved or developed this period

0

 

Number of AFFORDABLE housing units added to the pipeline this period

0

 

Did you provide education to any LEHCs this reporting period?

Yes

 

How many hours of cohort education/training did you provide last month?

0

 

How many hours of popular education/outreach did you provide last month?

0

 

Number of curriculum material(s) created last month

2

 

How did you market your services and conduct outreach in the last reporting period? Select all that apply.

Word-of-mouth marketing

 

What are the greatest needs that your LEHC clients/partners expressed in this reporting period?

Training, Share loans and Monitoring

 

What are the greatest gaps in service or resources in Chicago's CWB ecosystem?

Directory of board leaders of existing affordable housing co-ops, Training, Share loans and Monitoring

 

Please share any direct testimonials from LEHC clients or storytelling about the impact of your work this period:

 

Please upload media (document with testimonials, photos, or video links) from LEHC workshops or events held.

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https://ccwbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/T4T-4-24-1.jpg

 

Additional TA Support

Did your organization provide any additional TA support this reporting period that was NOT covered in the previous tabs?

No

 

Please describe the type(s) of organizations you supported (i.e. nonprofits, business service orgs, etc.)

 

How many total organizations or entities did you support (that were not covered in the previous tabs)?

 

How many total hours of support did you provide to these organizations?

 

Please share any other relevant details about the support you provided these organizations: