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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

llinois Sen. Mike Simmons of the 7th ward speaks at a town hall meeting convened by ONE Northside on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Simmons expressed his support for affordable housing units having grown up in public housing, like the Leland and San Miguel Apartments.

‘Housing is a human right’: Pending affordable housing closures threaten North Side residents’ homes

Isabel Riley, Contributing Writer October 14, 2024

Chicagoans who once found solace in affordable housing face instability as property companies threaten to shut down multiple low-income apartment buildings on the North Side. Prompted by the planned...

Lincoln Park community members watch as Vice President for Facility Operations, Rich Wiltse, left, architect, Joseph Antunovich, middle, Athletics Director DeWayne Peevy , far right, and Associate Vice President of Community and Government Relations, Peter Coffey demo their new athletics facility on Monday, April 29, 2024.

Proposed basketball practice facility raises questions of student displacement

Ryan Hinske, Sports Editor May 5, 2024

DePaul hosted a community meeting Monday, April 29, at Cortelyou Commons to update residents and students on the modifications to the proposed basketball practice facility. In his opening statement,...

Know your rights: Student tenants' guide to Chicago winter renting

Know your rights: Student tenants’ guide to Chicago winter renting

Addison Rogers, Contributing Writer February 4, 2024
This past January, Chicagoans cozied up indoors due to below-freezing temperatures and opaque fog.
Freshman Amber Gray paid for a larger room but was assigned a single suite instead. This, and multiple other cases, made students question the Housing Department.

DePaul announces new guidelines for on-campus housing

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor August 12, 2020

DePaul’s Department of Housing published updates in regards to on-campus housing for fall quarter.  The update, published Wednesday by Director of Housing Rick Moreci and Director of Residential...

DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

Student activists continue to protest DePaul while social distancing

Sonal Soni, Contributing Writer April 23, 2020

In an era of social distancing, student activists dissatisfied with DePaul’s response to COVID-19 are using alternative methods to traditional in-person protesting. The COVID-19 pandemic creates setbacks...

Apartments on the North Side.

COVID-19 pandemic causes rent crisis in Chicago

Kinise Jordan April 9, 2020

As Jazmine kissed her daughters goodbye before leaving out for work, she felt terrified at the thought of coming back home to them after her shift was over.  Much like many other essential workers...

The entrance to Ion Lincoln Park.

Ion Apartments, formerly 1237 West, described by residents as less-than utopic experience

Emma Oxnevad, Ella Lee, Breya Jones, and Keira Wingate February 23, 2020

Craig Summers, a DePaul junior, moved into Ion Lincoln Park in 2018 after other housing plans fell through.  While living there, one of his roommates went for a late-night snack run one evening, leaving...

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