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Converting vacant properties into affordable homes
In the neighborhood of Chicago Lawn, the Southwest Organizing Project, or SWOP, is converting vacant properties into affordable houses. SWOP's work began in 2013, when they faced a seemingly insurmountable task: rehabilitate nearly 700 foreclosed properties within a mile-and-a-half square area.
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