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	<title>Chicagoland Real Estate Forum &#187; Community Service</title>
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		<title>Illinois Building Better Chicagoland Blocks</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/02/07/illinois-building-better-chicagoland-blocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Foreclosures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure rehabilitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IHDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Building Blocks Pilot Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illinois foreclosure program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new state program has been created that will turn metro Chicago real estate foreclosures into affordable housing in six of the Chicago area&#8217;s hardest hit cities. The Illinois Building Blocks Pilot Program will rehabilitate vacant, foreclosed properties in Berwyn, Chicago Heights, Maywood, Park Forest, Riverdale and South Holland. The pilot program, which is getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Program Will Turn Foreclosures Into Rentals</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/02/01/federal-program-will-turn-foreclosures-into-rentals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/02/01/federal-program-will-turn-foreclosures-into-rentals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apartments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FHFA housing program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama's housing plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real-estate owned initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REO Initiative]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=27802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If I had money to invest, it would go right into the housing market. Chicago real estate values are hovering around their 2001 levels, and interest rates are at record lows. The time to buy is now. Of course, being upside-down in my own mortgage, I am in no position to be investing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a Heap of Help to Heat Low-Income Illinois Households</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/23/theres-a-heap-of-help-to-heat-low-income-illinois-households/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/23/theres-a-heap-of-help-to-heat-low-income-illinois-households/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aid for low-income illinois homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comed hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois home heating help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LIHEAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income Home Energy Assistsance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicor hike]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=27518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, we&#8217;ve had a pretty mild winter, but it&#8217;s still cold out there, and there are plenty of Illinois and Chicago real estate owners and renters who are having trouble covering their heating costs. Those residents should know about LIHEAP. More than $185 million has been set aside to help some of those Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Will You Spend MLK Day Around Chicago?</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/15/how-will-you-spend-mlk-day-around-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/15/how-will-you-spend-mlk-day-around-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago free events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Day Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Day Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mlk day around chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not a Day Off a Day On]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=27260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To some, Monday is a day off. What it should be is a day on. Monday, January 16 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The visionary would have been 83 years old. The day is a federal holiday, which means all federal, state, county and city offices will be closed, along with most schools, banks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Raising Money for Housing? Then, Like!</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/07/like-raising-money-for-housing-then-like/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2012/01/07/like-raising-money-for-housing-then-like/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordble housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habitat for humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Like to Change the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valspar and habitat for humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valspar Paint]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=27002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, here&#8217;s an easy way to help raise money for affordable housing. Valspar Paint and Habitat for Humanity have teamed up to create Like to Change the World, in which for every new &#8220;like&#8221; the paint company receives this month on Facebook, it will donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity, up to $100,000, to support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Housing Opportunities for Chicago&#8217;s Disabled</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/19/new-housing-opportunities-for-chicagos-disabled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/19/new-housing-opportunities-for-chicagos-disabled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Quinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home First Illinois initative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IHDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehabbing condos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacant chicago real estate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=26493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois is getting $15 million to rehab vacant Chicago condos into homes where residents with physical disabilities can live independently. This new public-private Home First Illinois initiative is getting the funds from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital program. For the first phase of the project, 18 condos in the Chicago area will be rehabbed. Nonprofit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago Holiday Party</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/11/home-builders-association-of-greater-chicago-holiday-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/11/home-builders-association-of-greater-chicago-holiday-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Levinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBAGC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicago food pantry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=26269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Join the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago for our Holiday Luncheon on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m at Sub-Zero Wolf at the Merchandise Mart.  Home builders, remodelers, designers, mortgage companies, building product manufacturers and others in the industry will come together to network, celebrate the season and spread holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicagoland Neighborhoods Get Funds for Housing</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/08/chicagoland-neighborhoods-get-funds-for-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/08/chicagoland-neighborhoods-get-funds-for-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago housing recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IKE Disaster Recovery Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity IDCEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Communities grant]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=26140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several west suburban Cook County communities are getting millions of dollars in federal funds to rehab Chicago real estate and revitalize neighborhoods. The West Cook County Housing Collaborative (WCCHC) has received $7 million in federal funding to create affordable housing and stabilize communities in parts of Chicago, Oak Park, Berwyn, Bellwood, Forest Park and Maywood. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan 2.0 Aims to End Chicago Homelessness</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/05/plan-2-0-aims-to-end-chicago-homelessness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/12/05/plan-2-0-aims-to-end-chicago-homelessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chicago Real Estate News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago homelessness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Rahm Emanuel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=26082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every person in the city should have a piece of Chicago real estate to call home. A new plan, based on findings from the current plan, aims to do just that. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness last Friday to discuss Plan 2.0, which will provide a research-driven strategy to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Residents Need Your Help</title>
		<link>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/23/illinois-residents-need-your-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/2011/11/23/illinois-residents-need-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donating to Chicago families in need]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeding Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Chicago Food Depository]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois hungry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chicagolandrealestateforum.com/?p=25770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you get ready to feed your face and your family in your Chicago real estate on Thanksgiving, take a moment to think of the less fortunate, and then do something about it. According to Feeding Illinois, our state&#8217;s eight food banks provide meals to approximately 1.4 million residents per year. That comes out to [...]]]></description>
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