A community meeting on the Castillo-Pennycuff housing project will take place Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Concord Music Hall, 2047 N. Milwaukee Ave., at 6:30 p.m. (It had been originally scheduled for Nov. 15.)
Logan Square residents, politicians and other stakeholders gathered May 21 at Congress Pizzeria, 2033 N. Milwaukee Ave., to learn about a new affordable-housing development, intended to be welcoming for LGBT individuals. The project has been guided by the office of Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st Ward).
The complex, to be named The John Pennycuff Memorial Apartments at Robert Castillo Plaza, will be financed through the use of funds from the existing Milwaukee-Fullerton Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district as well as Chicago Housing Authority funds, tax credits and private funding. The development is slated to have 88 units, according to officials.
Castillo, a longtime activist for both LGBT rights and affordable housing, attended the open house. Pennycuff, his husband, was equally active in those causes and passed away in 2012.