JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THE MISSION IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON REACTS TO THE STATE PULLING FUNDING FOR A MIGRANT CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK.

A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IS BUILDING MODULAR HOMES IN ROSELAND TO PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP.

>> THE SOUND HITS THEM THE MOMENT THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOORS.

>> AND WE VISIT THE GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE.

WERE OLD-SCHOOL VIDEO GAME ARCADE CULTURE IS GETTING AN EXTRA LIFE.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

STATE OFFICIALS ARE PULLING FUNDING FROM A PLANNED BUT CONTROVERSIAL MIGRANT SHELTER IN BRIGHTON PARK.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE SITE IS NOT SUITABLE BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES NEARLY A WEEK AFTER CONSTRUCTION.

IT STARTED AT THE SITE DESPITE COMMUNITY PROTESTS.

IT ALSO COMES DAYS AFTER MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID THE SITE WAS SAFE TO USE AS LONG AS CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMOVED IN A STONE BARRIER COVERED THE PROPERTY AND OUR SPOTLIGHT.

POLITICS TEAM WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT STORY COMING UP IN JUST A BIT.

NEW NUMBERS FROM THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOW A DECLINE IN HOMICIDES AND SHOOTINGS COMPARED TO THE END OF NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

CPD SAYS HOMICIDES HAVE DROPPED BY 11% AND SHOOTINGS BY 13% ON THE CTA.

VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 3% THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

AND OVERALL TRANSIT CRIME IS DOWN 6% WHILE CARJACKINGS ARE DOWN.

22% YEAR TO DATE.

YOUR NEAREST HOSPITAL OR WALK-IN CLINIC MIGHT BE CHANGING ITS NAME.

NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM IS NOW IN DENVER HEALTH.

NOW THAT IT'S MERGED WITH SWEDISH HOSPITAL NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE AND EDWARD ELMHURST HEALTH.

THAT MOVE CREATED THE 3RD LARGEST HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE STATE SERVING 1.3 MILLION PATIENTS IN DENVER.

HEALTH NOW INCLUDES THESE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, WHICH WILL ALL RETAINED THEIR CURRENT NAMES.

THE HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS PATIENTS CAN EXPECT TO SEE NEW BRANDING PHASING IN OVER THE COMING MONTHS.

UP NEXT, OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM ON THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CITY AND STATE OVER THE MIGRANT CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK.

THAT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE GYM AND K MAYBE FAMILY.

THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER PULLS THE PLUG ON STATE FUNDING FOR THE BRIGHTON PARK MIGRANT CAMPS.

THE LATEST FROM THE CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE AND NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE WITH ALL THAT AND MORE AS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS AND AUTHENTIC.

HE HAD A SHARON AND PERES SHOTS HE SO THE BIG NEWS OF THE DAY, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE STATE IS PULLING FUNDING FOR THE MIGRANT BASE CAMP IN BRIGHTON PARK.

HERE'S OUR MAYOR.

BRANDON JOHNSON REACTED WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS PLAN B.

>> I'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR PLAN BC AND E AND IAN HAVE FROM THE VERY MOMENT THAT I BECAME THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND SO WHETHER IT'S 115 IN AUSTIN, WE'RE 38 IN CALIFORNIA OR ANY OTHER BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT CAN SERVE THE PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION KNOW THAT MY ADMINISTRATION IS PLANNING TO HIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO HEATHER, WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT HAVE LED THE STATE TO PULL THE PLUG ON THIS?

WELL, THE SITE WAS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES FOR DECADES.

SO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SAID TODAY SHOULD A SURPRISE THAT THERE WERE TOXIC AND HEAVY METALS FOUND ON THE SAY ON THE SITE.

I THINK HE WAS CAUGHT GUARD WITH THE STATE SAYING THAT THE TESTS THAT THE CITY SORT OF ARRANGE FOR WERE NOT SUFFICIENT TO SORT BULLY FIGURE OUT HOW POLLUTED THAT SITE IS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REMEDIATION ZINN THE MEASURES PUT IN PLACE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE LIVED THERE ON SHELTER.

THIS DECISION, I THINK NOT ONLY CAUGHT THE CITY OFF GUARD.

IT CAUGHT THE START OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PROTESTING THE SITE OFF GUARD AND IT SORT OF RAISE SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WELL THE CITY AND THE STATE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS BY ALL ACCOUNTS, SERIOUS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, WHICH HAS BEEN IN FULL FULL FLAME FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN, WHY IS THIS ONLY HAPPENING NOW AFTER THE CAMPOS?

YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE CAN FAIRLY WELL CONSTRUCTED, WHY WASN'T A DECISION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SITE MADE EARLIER COMING?

GOOD QUESTION, REDNESS.

AND I THINK IT'S ONE THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY IS ASKING BECAUSE IT JUST ON ITS FACE SEEMS TO LACK ANY.

>> COMMON SENSE HOW WHAT?

BUT I THINK PART OF IT IS BEAR IN MIND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING DOES TAKE A LONG TIME AND WHY THE STATE SAYS THAT IT DECIDED TO >> CANCEL GOING FORWARD.

FURTHER ON THIS IS BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE EVEN MORE TIME TO DO PROPER REMEDIATION AND PROPER TESTING.

THIS TIME OF TESTING THAT THEY SAID SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THAT STATE IS REALLY PUTTING THAT POINTING THE FINGERS AT THE CITY FOR NOT HAVING SHARED THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF THIS WAS HARD FOR FOLKS TO GET A HOLD OF CAME OUT LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND A WEIGHT, THE STATE GET IT UNTIL AFTER IT HAD BEEN RELEASED TO REPORTERS WHO PUT 4 IN PLACE TO TRY AND GET ACCESS TO IT.

RUNNING LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE STATE IS HAD THERE COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS PRYOR, PERHAPS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED.

SO WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY THE CITY AND STATE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS, THEY ARE SEEMINGLY TALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER.

THEY NOT GETTING THE RIGHT ANSWER EXACTLY.

THERE'S CLEARLY ARE NOT COORDINATING BRAND IS BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING ALL OF THIS THROUGH PRESS RELEASE.

>> AND THEY'RE NOT SORT OF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THESE THINGS.

IF YOU STEP BACK A FEW WEEKS, FOLKS ASKED THE STATE FOR HELP, THERE WAS NO HELP.

THERE WAS NO MONEY.

NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S MONEY THERE.

65 MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOR THIS BASE CAMP.

YOU THINK THE STATE'S GOING TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SO FAR?

ALTHOUGH THE STATE IS DENYING THAT YOU JUST WONDER IF GOVERNOR PRITZKER TRUST MAYOR JOHNSON, THE DNC IS COMING HERE IN 8 MONTHS.

THIS IS THE BIG SHOW PRITZKER WHO HAS PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS NEEDS THINGS TO GO REALLY WELL.

HE CAN'T HAVE A CITY WHERE MIGRANTS ARE SLEEPING IN POLICE STATIONS WHERE THINGS ARE YOU KNOW, GOING WELL.

SO YOU JUST WONDER ABOUT THAT ABOUT FACE AND WHETHER THIS CALCULATES THIS FACTORS INTO WHY PRITZKER NOW IS TAKING OVER YOU CAN'T HAVE MIGRANT SLEEPING ON STREETS WHEN THE DNC IS HERE.

BUT I THINK ALSO PRITZKER DOESN'T WANT TO WEAR THE JACKET FOR DOWN THE ROAD SAYING, OH, WAIT.

>> MIGRANTS AT A PLACE THAT HAD IN THE SOIL.

SO IT'S ALSO WHO WANTS TO WEAR THE JACKET POLITICALLY FOR THAT.

RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY MAYOR JOHNSON SEEMS TO HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, THE ILLINOIS THE IEP IPA, YOU KNOW, DID ANALYSIS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, IN A CHECK AND IT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT.

SUFFICIENT WAS TOTALLY INTO TESTING THEY'RE PUTTING THE QUESTION THE GRINDING RIGHT AWAY.

THEY'RE JUST SAYING WHAT HAVE MORE ANSWERS.

LET'S LET'S GET TO THE BIRTH TRIAL.

REALLY QUICK, HEATHER, MORE EVIDENCE IN THE CORRUPTION CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE TODAY'S FOCUS.

WELL, WE ARE BACK FOCUSED THE ALLEGED SCHEME TO EXTORT OWNERS OF BURGER KING IN ALDERMAN BURKE'S 14TH WARD.

>> THEY SAID TODAY ED BURKE CLEARLY LINKED TO WHAT THEY SAID WAS THE PERMIT THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THE WORK.

>> WITH HIS REQUEST THAT THEY HIRE HIS LAW FIRM AND A LOT OF THE TESTIMONY WE'VE HEARD HAS ANSWERED SORT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION I HAD ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2019.

WHY WAS ED BURKE SO DETERMINED TO GET THIS BUSINESS RIGHT?

IT'S JUST ONE BURGER KING.

HOW MUCH MONEY COULD HE HAS EARNED APPEALING THE PROPERTY TAXES FOR FOR ONE SINGLE EATERY.

WELL, TURNS OUT THAT THIS ONE BURGER KING IS OWNED BY A FIRM THAT OWNS HUNDREDS OF BURGER KING'S IN ILLINOIS.

AND WE SAW E-MAIL FROM AEG BERKS ASSISTANT TO THE BURGER KING OWNER SAYING WE WANT ALL OF BUSINESS.

SO THAT THAT ADDS UP AND THAT PROSECUTORS SAY IS WHY AT BURKE HELD UP PERMITS THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THE WORK AND THEN SHUT THEM DOWN WHEN REALLY THEY HE REALIZED CONTRUCTION IT STARTED.

BUT HE HAD NOT BEEN HIGH.

SO HE'S LETTING THE TO KNOW WITH THE OLD OF ISSUES RAISED TRIAL IN THE GROUND BEEF.

FENCE.

ATTORNEYS DID CROSS EXAMINE THESE OFFICIALS FROM THE IT WILL MEAN SO DID YOU EVER CONTACT THE FBI?

AND THEY SAID, WELL, NO, SO SUGGEST THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS DIFFERENT.

ALDERMAN BURKE WAS MAKING THESE SORT OF REQUEST.

>> BUT THERE ACTUALLY MOVED PERHAPS HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CRIMINAL.

WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT AGAIN, YOU WANT YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS.

YOU WANT DECIDED IT WAS NOT WORTH IT TO THEM TO SORT OF PROTEST AND THAT THE EASIEST PATHE WAS TO JUST MAKE IT GO AWAY AND GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES WHAT THEY DID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY WIN THE TUNA OR THE BEEF TERM.

NEVER HIRED.

YES, THERE'S TESTIMONY THAT THE PERMISSION SO MAINLY TO INCOMPETENT.

QUICKLY, HEATHER, NEW RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SIT DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS AND WHAT'S PROMPTED THEM?

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS.

WELL, THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT HAVE GOTTEN AWAY OUT OF CONTROL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HARASSING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SO THE JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THAT IF YOU ARE JUST A REGULAR OLD CHICAGO YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE 3RD FLOOR GALLERY AND THE BETTER GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A LONGTIME GOOD GOVERNMENT ACCESS GROUP, SAYS THAT IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL.

PLEASE DON'T ENFORCE THOSE RULES THAT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS NOT THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, BUT THE WEEK AFTER THE 13TH.

AND IF YOU DO, WE WILL SUE YOU BECAUSE IT'S A VIOLATION OF ILLINOIS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND I NEVER REALLY GOT AN ANSWER FROM THE MAYOR ABOUT HOW THESE SORT OF NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SORT OF DOVETAILS WITH HIS PLEDGES DURING THE CAMPAIGN TO BE TRANSPARENT AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, THE CIVIC LIFE.

I THINK THAT THE MAYOR IS AGAIN TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING SORT OF TAXPAYERS WORK WHILE PROVIDING PUBLIC ARE GOING TO GET SUED.

I WANT TO SPEND MONEY, CITY PUBLIC MONEY.

IT'S KEEPING THE PUBLIC OUT OF OPEN MEETINGS.

IT AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT, JACK, IF YOU WANT TO WEAR, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HAVE TO DEFEND AS WELL?

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE FOR SPOTLIGHT.

I'M SURE WEEK AND PARIS, THANKS, GANG.

COMING UP, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION BUILDING MODULAR HOMES TO PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE, A LOOK AT THE IMPACT.

UP NEXT.

>> COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THE FAR SOUTH SIDE HOPE THEY'RE LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW APPROACH TO HOME OWNERSHIP USING MODULAR HOME CONSTRUCTION, LARGE SEGMENTS OF THE HOUSE ARE BUILT ELSEWHERE, THEN ASSEMBLED AT THE SITE IN JUST A DAY.

THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION SAYS GETTING HOUSE KEYS TO NEW HOMEOWNERS IS CRUCIAL TO REVITALIZING THIS COMMUNITY.

JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE INITIATIVE AND ITS IMPACTS ARE SHE NEEDED?

A NEWS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION OF CHICAGO, JEFF SMITH FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR HOUSING STUDIES AT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY AND LINDA BROWN WILSON, A RESIDENT OF ROSELYN AND QUALIFIED HOME BUYERS OF MODULAR HOME.

THANKS TO THE 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

SHOULD GOOD NEWS, OF COURSE, STARTING WITH YOU FIRST, PLEASE.

HOW DID THIS RECLAIMING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE BEGAN AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE GOALS?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION IS A MEMBER OF UNITED POWER FOR ACTION AND JUSTICE.

>> WHICH IS A NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION WHOSE INITIATIVE RECLAIMING COMMUNITIES.

IT'S CENTERED AROUND BUILDING AT 1000 HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE, 1000 HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE.

AND THAT INITIATIVE IS AROUND RECLAIMING REPOPULATING AND REVITALIZING THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND THIS WORK IS DONE THROUGH OUR ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

THERE IS LAWNDALE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN NORTH LAWNDALE SOUTHWEST ORGANIZING PROJECT IN THE CHICAGO LAWN.

THERE IS THE REZA REST RESURRECTION PROJECT IN THE BACK OF THE YARDS AND THEIR CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES AND THE HOPE CENTER FOUNDATION WHO WAS DOING THIS WORK IN ROSELAND.

AND I KNOW THAT THE FIRST MODULAR HOME IT WENT UP LAST WEEK.

YOU'VE GOT A FEW MORE COMING OVER THE COMING WEEKS.

20 TO 25 STARTING NEXT YEAR.

YOU SAID THE GOAL OF 1000 WHY 1000?

IT'S REALLY ABOUT THEIR 10,000 VACANT.

LOTS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND AS I INDICATED, IT IS REALLY ABOUT RECLAIMING COMMUNITIES.

REVITALIZING THE CITY OF CHICAGO REPOPULATING.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST OVER 60,000.

RESIDENTS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE FAR SOUTH SIDE.

AND SO IF WE ARE TO RECLAIM OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEN WE NEED TO BUILD HOMES.

STARTING WITH 1000 HOUSE ON THE WEBSITE.

>> JEFF SMITH HOME MODEL TO DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN ONE THAT WE TYPICALLY THINK OF.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT BUILDING HOMES AND HOMEOWNERSHIP.

DOES THIS APPROACH LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF THING THAT COULD OPEN MORE DOORS FOR A HOMEOWNER OWNERSHIP, PARTICULARLY FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.

>> DEFINITELY.

THINK ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES MANY STARTED THIS MESS UP.

THESE LIMITED SUPPLY, HOUSING THAT'S ALSO AFFORDABLE FOR MODEST INCOME RESIDENTS IN HISTORY OF THIS INVESTMENT MEANS THAT THOUSANDS HAD HAD A LOT OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND IN SOME CASES BEEN DEMOLISHED.

AND AND ONE OF THE KEY BARRIERS CREATING NEW HOMEOWNERS IN MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IS THAT'S JUST THE ABILITY TO GET A MORTGAGE.

BUT THE ABILITY FIND A HOME AND MAKE SURE THAT I WAS AFFORDABLE SAYS SOME MODULAR HOUSING.

TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THIS SORT AND IT'S A AND ALSO CREATES A HOME THAT THEY MAY BE MORE AFFORDABLE.

AND ANOTHER TEXAN, NEW CONSTRUCTION.

>> LINDA BROWN WILSON, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PURCHASING ONE OF THESE HOME SOON.

SO CONGRATS TO YOU ON YOU'VE LOST YOUR LOST HER PREVIOUS HOME IN A FIRE.

UNFORTUNATELY.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHY THIS IS THE RIGHT PROGRAM FOR YOU TO PURCHASE YOUR NEXT HOME.

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

YES, I'M SO EXCITED.

I'M I'M ONE OF THE BARS I'M ONE OF THE HOMES.

WE HAVE A HOUSE FIRE LOST EVERYTHING.

MY HUSBAND IS THIS APRIL, ALSO JUST RISEN OF AWESOME.

AWESOME.

IF IT WAS NOT FOR THIS PROGRAM, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEW UP FOR A NEW HOME AND I'M SO EXCITED GRATEFUL TO THE HOPE FOUNDATION.

AND MISS SUNDAY'S NIELSEN REVENUE MAKES I'M SO EXCITED BE GOING BACK.

ROLLS MAN THAT'S MY THERE'S A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE ROLLS AND THEN AND I'M GLAD I'M GONNA BE.

WANT HELP BE ON MY COMMUNITY.

AND AS READING MAKES A INVITE, WAS FAMILY MOVES AND, YOU GROCERY STORES, STUFF.

COM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND IT'S ALL IT'S ALL A >> OH, WELL, JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE OF COURSE, STARTED HERE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE LOSS OF YOUR JEFF, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HURDLES THAT RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO BUY A HOME IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN TYPICALLY DISINVESTED IN.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES AVAILABLE READY, HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY DISINVESTMENT JUST MEANS THAT HOUSING SCOTT STAFF MIGHT THAT YEAR AND A NEED TO CANCEL INVESTMENT TO WHERE THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF VACANT LAND.

SO THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING IS THE CHALLENGE.

AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING IS A ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT MARKET WHERE MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY, REALLY HIGH.

PRICES ARE ARE CONTINUING TO TO BE PRETTY STRONG GOING UP.

SO I THINK BOTH OF THOSE CHALLENGES AFFECT ALL COMMUNITIES, BUT REALLY SORT THROUGH THIS MESS TO HAVE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY MY COME HOME BUYERS.

>> SHE NEED A HOUSE HOPES AN URBAN CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY TO TO FIND POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS LIKE LINDA BROWN WILSON AND WHAT ARE WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER SORT OF WRAP AROUND SERVICES THAT YOU ALL PROVIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE READY TO BUY HOME.

>> ON THE GROUND OR DID OR FACE-TO-FACE ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND JUST BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

ACTUALLY, THIS SATURDAY, DECEMBER NIGHT, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST ANNUAL HOUSING FROM 10:00AM TO 04:00PM AT THE HOUSE OF HOPE.

AND REALLY GIVES OUR RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE HOMEBUYING PROCESS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE WHETHER IT'S 6 MONTHS FROM NOW OR 6 YEARS FROM NOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOME BUYING PROCESS, LEADING TO GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE WHEN WHEN THEY COME TO YOU WITH QUESTIONS?

>> THINK JUST THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUALIFY.

>> FOR A IS A CHALLENGE.

FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A BIG COMPONENT OF WORK THAT WE DO.

YOU KNOW, SUCCESS FOR US IS NOT SELLING HOMES, BUT THE ABILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN HOMES.

AND SO JUST HOMEBUYER EDUCATION AND SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.

SO WE'RE ON THE GROUND OFFERING THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO THEM, WHETHER IT'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH MENTORSHIP FOR ARE YOU FOOD AND SECURITY IS A PROBLEM ROSELAND THAT WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE FRESH HEALTHY FOOD TO EAT.

AND SO WE ARE WE'RE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL IN THE ROSELAND COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND WHATEVER THEIR THE TAR AT THIS TIME IN THE FUTURE.

WHEN THAT WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.

WHAT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR YOU?

WHEN DO YOU GET TO SIGN PAPERS AND MOVE IN?

>> WELL, I'M ALREADY ON THE CONTRACT.

SO I'M EXCITED.

AND AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE WE AND EXCITED THAT I'LL BE EVEN MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO THAT.

THE HOUSE IS LIKE GENERATIONAL WEALTH IT SAID THAT MY BE WITNESS SO IS FOOTHOLD IN FROM MAINE TO STEP UP AND SOMETHING SO HARD BECAUSE HE'S NO LONGER HERE.

VERY EXCITED OVERWHELMED IN THE CONGRATS AGAIN, I'M SURE I AND I SEE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WEARING A PICTURE OF YOUR SON CLOSE TO YOUR HEART.

YOU SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

LINDA BROWN WAS AND SHE NEEDED NEWS AND JEFF SMITH.

>> AND A FINAL NOTE STORIES ABOUT CHICAGO.

HOME OWNERSHIP ARE SUPPORTED BY FUNDING FROM THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY.

TRUST.

UP NEXT, IT'S NOT GAME OVER FOR OLD-SCHOOL VIDEO GAMES AT THIS LOCAL ARCADE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> FROM THE BECKONING SCREENS TO THE BLEEPING CHIP TUNES.

THE SOUNDS AND SIGHTS OF A VIDEO GAME ARCADE ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

AND WHILE THESE DAYS GAMERS CAN GET THERE, SUPER MARIO FIX FROM HOME.

THOSE WHO CRAVE THAT IN-PERSON EXPERIENCE NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN BROOKFIELD.

GALLOPING GHOST ARCADE WHERE ARCADE CULTURE IS GETTING A POWER UP.

>> THE THE MOMENT THEY WALK THROUGH THE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT RESONATES WITH THEM INSTANTANEOUSLY.

IT TAKES THEM BACK.

>> TO GO IN KIDS BACK IN THE DAY.

MEMORIES COMING BACK.

AUTUMN >> I GOT A GAME LIKE SINCE MY YOU SAYS HARD DAYS.

>> I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT THEIR YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO OUT.

SOME PEOPLE PREFER DRINKING HAVE BEEN GOING.

DOES AND A VERY YOUNG AGE.

AND RIGHT NOW IN MY MID 40'S.

AND I AM STILL DOING THIS.

>> WITH THE VERY COMMUNITY HAVE.

OUR KATE.

YOU SCHOOL ARCADE.

OUR CORE PLAYERS COMPETITIVE PLAYERS 1, 2, WHEN SPECIAL COSTUMES CHAD.

OVERALL YOU WHAT KIND OF STORIES PUT ON WHAT THEIR FAVORITE GAME OVERALL JUST HAVING A VERY OVERALL GREAT TIME.

>> GO >> WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS PLACE IS THAT.

EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE ARCADE GAMING BROWN IS KIND OF LEFT OUTSIDE.

WHATEVER KIND OF DIFFERENCE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE.

IT'S KIND SQUASHING GUYS COME HERE TO TALK SHOP ABOUT VIDEO GAMES.

WE HAD A COUPLE GENTLEMEN UP FRONT, JUST KIND OF STRATEGIZING HOW TO GET A HIGHER SCORE.

ALSO, >> IT'S PRETTY COOL LIKE >> THE GAMING HERE IS MY LIFE.

ARCADES, MY LIFE.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE, MY AGE, YOU LIKE COMPETITION.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHO'S THE BEST.

AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF THAT HERE AT THE GALA.

BINGO.

SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> I LIKE TO DRESS FANCY.

LOOK COOL AND BASICALLY BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER BY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING REALLY NICE AND SHARP.

IT IS LITERALLY A LIVING MUSEUM.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE A MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN TOUCH THE EXHIBIT.

IT'S LITERALLY A MUSEUM WHERE YOU CAN JUST PLAY ANYTHING.

>> YOUR HEART DESIRES.

LITERALLY.

EVERY MACHINE HERE IS PLAYABLE.

PERSONALLY PLAN ARCADE GAME SINCE I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS FIRST DECADE GAME EVER PLAYED WAS ASTEROIDS.

>> IT SUCH TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN FOR ME.

GROWING UP GOING TO ARCADES LIKE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ABLE TO ENJOY THAT.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY ARCADES, ANYTHING I DIDN'T WANT THIS GO AWAY.

OUR BRUCE COMPANIES DON'T THINK PRODUCTIONS WHICH OPENED UP BACK IN 1994 MAKING VIDEO GAMES AND AS WE WATCH THE ARCADE SCENE, IT WAS ALWAYS ON THE RADAR TO OPEN IN OUR CASE UNTIL 2010, WHEN EVERYTHING JUST HAPPENED TO LINE BROOKFIELD HAD THE FORESIGHT TO LET US TRY AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

EVEN INDUSTRY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY DIDN'T THINK WE HAD LAST MORE THAN 6 MONTHS.

NOBODY HEARD OF REPLAY BUSINESS MODEL WHERE YOU PAID OR FEE AND ALL THE SCENES ARE SET ON FREE PLAY.

BEEN ABLE BRING AND GAME DESIGNERS 30 YEARS AFTER THEY'VE MADE FAMILIES STILL LOVE AND APPRECIATE THE GAME THAT THEY MADE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

AND THAT SO SATISFIED OTHER GUYS INSPIRED ME TO GET IN THE GAME DESIGN.

AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL ENJOYING THEIR ARTWORK AND THAT >> I KNEW FROM VERY YOUNG AGE THAT I WANTED TO WORK IN VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY.

THERE'S THE GAMING SIDE OF IT SITE OF ARTWORK AND MUSIC AGAIN, JUST GET DO EVERYTHING THAT'S FUN EVERY DAY.

SO IT'S NEVER HEAR A COMPLAINT FROM >> EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT SOUND.

DOC MAX, AS THEIR PLANNED EXPANSION IS COMING IN DAY NOW AND THEY EXPECT TO UNVEIL THEIR 1000 GAME NEXT AUGUST.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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