Dear LCDC & LCDC Co-op Supporter, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation was featured on KBLA’s 1580 am, talk radio with Tavis Smiley (click here) about our work on establishing a national home buyers program and our worker-owned cooperative. LCDC and LCDC Co-op are working to eradicate poverty in North Lawndale through homeownership, building a trade school, […]

“The aim is to put a price of $220,000 on the homes, give or take a little to make them affordable, with mortgages often less than rent, for families earning $45,000 to $60,000 per year.” Richard Townsell, Executive Director. Our goals are to stabilize the community, drawing in more people who have a personal stake […]

The Black and White homeownership gap has been stubborn since the 1960’s and is slightly wider today, despite the 1968 Fair Housing Act and decades of investment in affordable housing programs. Governments have favored rental housing for low-income Americans. Lawndale Christian Development Corporation built two houses located on South Avers Avenue (shown above), as part […]

ABC 7, presented a virtual town hall examining the long lasting effects of the discriminatory real estate and banking practices of redlining. ABC 7’s Leah Hope moderated this hour-long event available on abc7chicago.com Thursday, February 11 at 2:00 PM. Redlining meant that Black residents, despite having all the necessary collateral and ability to pay, could […]