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Affordable Housing PDF Print E-mail

For decades, the Evanston community has supported safe, decent, and affordable housing for individuals and families. The City Housing Commission was created in the 1970s when city leaders realized that providing homes affordable for our workforce was essential for attracting and retaining employees.

As housing costs continued to rise during the 1990s and this decade, the Housing Commission and non-profit and faith-based community groups expanded their mission to construct new homes and redevelop existing units, to offer workers in Evanston businesses the opportunity to live close to their place of employment, rather than commuting long distances. The City also set a priority for affordable senior housing, so that older Evanston residents could remain in the community they called “home” for decades.

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By Kathleen Flaherty

How do we enable access, not just to public facilities, spaces, and services, but also to full participation in the civic, economic, and social life of our community? 
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Neighborhood Watch PDF Print E-mail
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By: Andrés R. López

A good neighbor is one of the many ways to facilitate crime prevention; this is a tool that you can use today to prevent crime in your neighborhood.

Neighborhood Watch is a crime prevention program that requires active participation of residents in cooperation with law enforcement to help solve problems, reduce crime, and improve the quality of life in the community.  Neighbors are asked to be the eyes and ears in helping the Evanston Police Department in preventing crime.  Neighborhood Watch is not designed to be a substitute for police protection.  Rather, it is an extension, or enhancement, in assisting the police in making neighborhoods safer for all residents.

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