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Chicago residents unionize to fight possible displacement, rent hikes over Obama Presidential Center
Fox News ^ | 3/22/26 | Eric Mack

Posted on 04/06/2026 3:16:08 AM PDT by Libloather

Chicago residents in rent-controlled housing near a site being constructed to honor former President Barack Obama have reportedly unionized in response to the controversial project.

Residents of a longtime Woodlawn apartment building organized to resist possible displacement and rent increases they say are being driven by development pressure surrounding the Obama Presidential Center.

Tenants at the Chaney Braggs Apartments rallied earlier this month outside their building near 65th Street and Stony Island Avenue, saying a potential sale of the property could upend the lives of families who have lived there for decades, FOX 32 Chicago reported.

A California-based investor is seeking to buy the building and might either renovate or demolish it, according to residents. Tenants say they have been offered $2,000 per household to move out, a proposal they say falls far short of what families would need to relocate in a rapidly changing neighborhood.

Many residents currently pay between $700 and $800 a month in rent. Some say they have lived in the building for 30 or 40 years and fear they will not be able to find comparable housing in Woodlawn if rents rise or the property is redeveloped.

In response, residents have formed a tenant union to push back against the threat of displacement and preserve affordability in the building. They say the union first came together after the previous landlord abandoned the property about two years ago, forcing tenants to organize around maintenance issues and basic services.

Now, residents say that same network is being used to confront a larger challenge: staying in their homes as investment tied to the Obama Presidential Center reshapes the surrounding neighborhood.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: chicago; housing; library; obama; rent; residents; union
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The locals don't even want it. 800 trees destroyed for a flak tower.
1 posted on 04/06/2026 3:16:08 AM PDT by Libloather
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From about a year ago -

Obama Library: Behind Schedule, Over Budget and Mired in Lawsuits

https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-presidential-center-library-chicago-lawsuit-discrimination-2024316


2 posted on 04/06/2026 3:17:48 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather
Many residents currently pay between $700 and $800 a month in rent.

That's what I paid for rent in Boston 40 years ago. What kind of deal are they getting in Chicago?

3 posted on 04/06/2026 3:23:14 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Libloather
Tenants at the Chaney Braggs Apartments rallied earlier this month outside their building near 65th Street and Stony Island Avenue, saying a potential sale of the property could upend the lives of families who have lived there for decades,

Multigenerational welfare queens hardest hit.

4 posted on 04/06/2026 3:29:55 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

But they voter for Bronco Bama. He’s their native Kenyan. How could he do this?


5 posted on 04/06/2026 3:37:56 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Libloather

People in Chicago are fooled over and over but know it.


6 posted on 04/06/2026 3:49:46 AM PDT by Theodore R. ( )
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To: Sirius Lee

The same way that ( the kenyans ) his blurp commercial in Va supporting the steal vote grabbing queen redistricting does not make sense.
Democrats do the darnest things.


7 posted on 04/06/2026 4:01:31 AM PDT by Recompennation ( Deeeeeeeeezout)
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To: Libloather

A couple of thoughts. You probably couldn’t create an uglier design without passing the design through an absurdist/Salvador Dali/female parts generator. This is because beautiful buildings to scale are racist...or something. The other thing is, America is huge. Really, really big. Like space, but with trees. Why did this horrible monstrosity need to be placed in the center of the only green space within miles of concrete?


8 posted on 04/06/2026 4:07:21 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: Libloather

Carefull those 128mm flak guns can do great damage😂


9 posted on 04/06/2026 4:33:13 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Theodore R.

True, but then fraud has always been a huge factor in shitcago.
Reason dims are so against SAVE act


10 posted on 04/06/2026 4:35:10 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Libloather

Sounds like these people lived in “the wrong place at the wrong time” for over 30 to 40 years. Time for the Kenyans to take over. We’re not in America anymore Toto.


11 posted on 04/06/2026 4:35:46 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Illegally "born in the U.S." doesn't make you an American. It makes you a thieving ANCHOR BABY. )
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To: Libloather

Looks like life in Shitsville is on track with that monstrosity of a building.


12 posted on 04/06/2026 4:37:53 AM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: Libloather

City of Shytown lawyers coming in hot with cash settlements and NDAs. Can’t have the plebs upsetting the swells.


13 posted on 04/06/2026 4:39:49 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Gen.Blather
Why did this horrible monstrosity need to be placed in the center of the only green space within miles of concrete?

Because Democrat leadership is by in large Satanist and oppose anything beautiful.

Naturally Obama will choose the place in Chicago where the most natural beauty (God made beauty) still exist to build his library.

His library which is uglier than the most utilitarian industrial building imaginable.

14 posted on 04/06/2026 4:40:33 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Many residents currently pay between $700 and $800 a month in rent. Some say they have lived in the building for 30 or 40 years and fear they will not be able to find comparable housing in Woodlawn if rents rise or the property is redeveloped.

In Florida you couldn't get a one room garage apartment for that money...

15 posted on 04/06/2026 4:50:36 AM PDT by GOPJ (Oil was over $100 for three and a half years of Obama’s term without daily headlines - MSM sucks...)
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To: Libloather

The irony......


16 posted on 04/06/2026 4:50:37 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: blitz128

I think it quite fitting that a city named Chi-raq would have flak tower.


17 posted on 04/06/2026 4:52:36 AM PDT by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: Pontiac

I’m guessing the architect decided to show Obama an intensely ugly building before he showed his favorites... and Obama went gaga over the ‘set up’ drawings.


18 posted on 04/06/2026 4:54:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (Oil was over $100 for three and a half years of Obama’s term without daily headlines - MSM sucks...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Many residents currently pay between $700 and $800 a month in rent.
That’s what I paid for rent in Boston 40 years ago. What kind of deal are they getting in Chicago?”

Exactly - they force price controls and then everyone wonders why places turn to slumville tenements over the years...


19 posted on 04/06/2026 4:59:23 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Libloather

A video of an A-10 brttttting that world class example of fugly would be considered justifiable build-i-cide. However, it does accurately represent the lying Muslim eunuch’s morality, lack of intellect, and laughable accomplishments.


20 posted on 04/06/2026 5:19:45 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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