by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Jun 19, 2014 | Chicago, Security, Vacant Property
In Chicago, foreclosed properties can go years without owners. They sit in their lots trapped in real estate limbo without a legal occupant, their yards deteriorating along with the interior. These unsightly derelicts are called “zombie properties”, and they drive...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Mar 12, 2014 | Chicago, Vacant Property
It’s no secret that throughout Chicago, there are some buildings that look like they’ve seen better days. But it might surprise some people to learn that there’s a running list of proposals to demolish these unkempt buildings that have long since been abandoned. Many...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Mar 5, 2014 | Chicago, Vacant Property
Last year, dozens of public school in the Chicago Public School system were shuttered. Since then, there’s been much discussion about what will happen to the vacant schools, with the students having been dispersed to other locations. Currently, it’s estimated that...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Feb 26, 2014 | Chicago, Construction, Vacant Property
In an effort to restore parts of Chicago instead of demolishing buildings, a city financing program that helps restore vacant and foreclosed apartment buildings has proposed to expand its restoration efforts into parts of Humboldt Park. Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted...
by DAWGS | Secure Vacant Property | Dec 31, 2013 | Chicago, Real Estate
A report from CoreLogic detailing the latest national foreclosure statistics has shown that Chicagoland’s foreclosure inventory has decreased 31 percent since October 2012. The numbers show slow but steady progress, but that doesn’t mean Chicago is off the hook just...
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