Chicago’s college-bound Latino youth getting a new housing option
JOSLIN WOODS
Published: February 3, 2012
Concerned that youth from Chicago’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods are struggling to earn college degrees, a Pilsen community group is building a student residence hall that experts say will help close gaps in college success.
La Casa, which means the house in Spanish, will accommodate 100 students attending Chicago area colleges this fall by providing affordable apartments and academic services in a building at the intersection of 18th and Paulina streets.
“If you provide affordable housing with conducive learning environments and wrap around support services, you dramatically increase the likelihood of college success,” said Julio Guerrero, vice president of marketing and resource development for the Resurrection Project, the leading force behind the student housing initiative.
When La Casa opens its doors in August, it will be the first community-based student housing development in the nation, Guerrero said.
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