We are starting a new blog series, Five Questions, where we ask our staff members five questions about themselves so that you can know...

To Our Open Communities’ partners, friends, and clients, Over the next few months, I will be slowly transitioning out from my role as the...

Listen to Chris Riehlmann talk about Fair Housing on WCPT-AM.

Open Communities & Connections for the Homeless are partnering on an eviction prevention program.

We are excited to announce the start of our eviction prevention outreach program. With the eviction moratorium ending, we anticipate a...

Listen to the interview with Open Communities and WBBM-AM Newsradio about the eviction moratorium expiring. If you or someone you know...

Watch our CEO, Mary Ellen Ball, talk with WGN-TV about evictions and the phasing out of the eviction moratorium. If you or someone you...

Open Communities has always been a small and mighty team. Historically, the team is small, no larger than 6 or 8 folks. Over the last 18...

Mary Ellen Ball on Fox-32 talking about the eviction moratorium ending.

At the end of this month, the federal eviction moratorium will expire. However, Illinois is set to phase out its eviction moratorium in...

Our board member, Joanne Rogers, VP of Mortgage at Guaranteed Rate, explains how our current "hot" housing market is not burning for...

Board member Erica Page Muhammad writes about fair housing and homeownership from her perspective as a Black woman.

Read The Daily Northwestern's follow-up article (to this piece) about Open Communities' work with the Cook County Emergency Rental...

Read the Daily Northwestern's piece about the Fair Housing and Reparations Roundtable Open Communities hosted as part of Fair Housing Month.

Just what does a fair housing investigator do? Meet Jessica*, one of Open Communities’ investigators. With a background in architecture...

Watch Open Communities' Jasemen Hatcher on Evanston Live TV discuss housing for black Evanston residents.

Board Co-President, Alisa Kaplan, talks about why she chooses to support Open Communities. There’s nothing more rewarding than making a...

April is Fair Housing Month in the United States. Open Communities, the leader in Fair Housing Advocacy for Chicago's north and northwest...

Listen to WCPT-AM's Out Chicago interview with Open Communities' Mary Ellen Ball and Jasemen Hatcher about fair housing and the LGBTQ+...

Fifty-three years ago, on April 11, the idea of fair housing shifted from a dream to a reality. With the signing of Title VIII of the...