5th Ward candidates debate housing, social justice at Sunday forum

Fifth Ward aldermanic candidates have differing housing and development proposals, but the 10 who showed up to a Sunday, Jan. 15 forum agreed that trees in Jackson and South Shore Park should stop getting cut down.
But much more of the debate at the forum, organized by the group Save Jackson Park and held at Hyde Park Union Church 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave., focused on homeownership, protections for renters, reparations for Black residents and development.
Economic development and housing affordability in the 5th Ward have long been concerns for constituents. But as investors buy more property around Jackson Park, especially in South Shore, gentrification worries have soared.

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