The Daily Northwestern covers Open Communities' participation in the Cook County Emergency Rental Assistance Program.

The Daily Northwestern covers Open Communities' Fair Housing and Reparations Forum.

Open Communities explains how fair housing investigations work by interviewing a Fair Housing Investigator.

Open Communities Jasemen Hatcher talks with Evanston Live TV.

Board Co-President, Alisa Kaplan, talks about why she chooses to support Open Communities.

Open Communities hosts a series of free workshops and events for 2021 Fair Housing Month.

Mary Ellen Ball and Jasemen Hatcher of Open Communities talk about evictions on WCPT-AM.

A historic look at Fair Housing, Open Communities' work in fair housing, and what needs to happen to make fair housing a reality.

An interview with Jasemen Hatcher, Open Communities' Director of Housing Programs and Education, and the Daily Northwestern.

Maurya Delaney, Director of Development at Open Communities talks about how Covid-19 has affected housing in the Chicago suburbs.

Read the Evanston Roundtable's article about Open Communities' new workshops for renters, homeowners, landlords, and home buyers.

Listen to WBBM-AM Newsradio's interview with Open Communities' Mary Ellen Ball about the Cook County Rental Assistance Program.

I have always felt a need to advocate for something. Intolerance for injustice was an identity for me growing up, but it was never...

Read The Daily Herald's coverage of Open Communities' partnership with Cook County to offer rental assistance.

In March we are hosting a number of workshops to educate landlords, tenants. real estate professionals, and everyone else interested in...

For Random Acts of Kindness month, we asked our Board Chair, Carol Golder, to talk about why she gives her time, talent, and treasure to...

A new year, even a year that feels no different from the previous year, is an incredibly powerful time. It allows folks to pause,...

Since December 2020, Open Communities has received over 300 calls for rent and landlord-tenant mediation assistance. Our Director of...

Open Communities is fiercely dedicated to addressing racial justice for all communities of color. We denounce and strongly condemn...

The only people that have experience leading through a pandemic of this size are people that were adults during the Spanish Flu of 1918....