Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) Reclaiming Project

CTL-E-0998 · Organization · other · unspecified

Verified evidence grade of this record

SWOP's Reclaiming Project began June 2012 around St. Rita of Cascia (63rd & Fairfield); by 2019 vacant buildings in the 20-block area fell from 93 to 8, with 85 converted to affordable housing; partners incl.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-087; source research type(s): organization. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://www.chicagocatholic.com/chicagoland/-/article/2019/06/20/group-reclaims-neighborhood-around-st-rita-of-cascia-pari-1

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