10 New Homes Approved for East Garfield Park Through the City Lots For Working Families Program

February 19, 2025

The Chicago City Council approved an amendment to an existing City Lots for Working Families (CL4WF) agreement with the joint venture (JV) between Joudeh Investments LLC and MKB Business Strategies LLC. to allow the JV to add ten (10) additional city-owned lots for $1 each to build single-family or two-unit homes, and would allow the waiver or reduction of some permit fees - both standard CL4WF features 

City Council approved the first ordinance for the JV in September 2021 that allowed for eight homes to be developed on the west side. After the first ordinance passed, the City approached the JV to relinquish one lot for a planned memorial to Fred Hampton and a second ordinance replacing the ceded lot was approved in November 2022. 

The lots in this proposed ordinance were listed in the April 2024 round of ChiBlockBuilder. 

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