Evanston is getting $18 million, which will be used to buy boarded up and vacant homes, remodel them, and turn them into affordable homes for rent or sale.
"We are going to change the 2nd, 5th and the 8th wards, and they are going to be wards that people fight to come to. They are going to represent the American dream, and it is going to happen very soon," said Elizabeth Tisdahl, Evanston mayor.
Chicago's share of the grant is $98 million.
