The Chicago Department of Housing (DOH) joined Alderman Michael Scott (24th Ward) and other civic and community leaders to launch the Reclaiming Communities Campaign, a joint venture between Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI) and Lawndale Christian Development Corporation (LCDC) in partnership with United Power for Action and Justice (UPAJ). The Reclaiming Communities Campaign is aimed at creating ‘communities of opportunity’ to release vacancy, violence, and decades of disinvestment with affordable homes and opportunities for families to build generational wealth and equity. The Campaign will build 250 new homes for buyers as their principal residence in North Lawndale, a key INVEST South/West community. UPAJ has an aspirational goal of building 1,000 affordable new homes on the South and West Sides to help residents build generational wealth through homeownership.  The City of Chicago will sell 250 city-owned lots to the Reclaiming Communities Joint Venture for $1 each and streamline the acquisition process that will help to reduce construction costs to keep the homes affordable. The City has also designated $5.3 million from the Midwest and Ogden/Pulaski TIF for site remediation and lot preparation. For more information about the Vacant Property Leadership Institute and the Center for Community Progress, visit https://www.communityprogress.net/.