Black Houses Matter: Unique property tax program provides money to homeowners during pandemic
By: Cesar Rodriguez
and last updated 2021-01-28 16:25:54-05
More than three inches of snow cover the sidewalks of this residential community in the West Englewood neighborhood. This might sound like an obstacle for Clarence Diming who is blind, but the walkway and sidewalk outside his house are clean. One of his neighbors took it upon himself to clean the area for this retired worker.
âMy philosophy is do onto others as you would like them to do to you,â said Clarence Diming. âOne of the things that are important is to take care of where you live.â
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Minneapolis-based sociologist and photographer David Schalliol is interested in the relationship between community, social structure, and place. His project Reckoning with Vacancy concentrated on Chicago’s South and West Sides and put him on the path to meet community activist Deborah Payne, the star of his 2018 documentary "The Area."