On April 25, the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, Chicago Fair Housing Alliance, and Enterprise Community Partners sponsored the Assessment of Fair Housing: Understanding Our History,...
Candidates Provide Statements on Village’s Commitment to Diversity and Integrated Living
Housing, Community and Inclusion Voter's Guide
The Village municipal elections take place this Tuesday on April 2, and the Oak Park Regional Housing Center would like to...
Celebrating 50 Years of Fair Housing
The Oak Park Regional Housing Center (OPRHC) held its Annual Benefit at the Nineteenth Century Club on October 5. People in attendance included elected officials, village staff, Oak Park residents...
To our Oak Park community and friends
by Olivia Tse
Following last week’s election results, we might still feel helpless and confused. We may want to duck quietly under the covers, or to scream at xenophobia, white...
How segregation creates chronic unemployment, poverty traps, and crime
By Tom Houseman, Oak Park Regional Housing Center Summer Intern
A poverty trap is any aspect of a person’s life that creates and reinforces poverty for themselves and their family, often...