From School to Stable Housing | Chicago News

Chicago News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

A shuttered West Englewood school has been reborn as Earle School Apartments, offering 50 affordable units—including 9 for those earning just 15% of the area median income—and wraparound services for homeless residents through a partnership with the Phoenix Foundation. This transformation, begun in 2017 after the school closed in 2013, turned a vacant building into a community anchor, helping families like one who moved in with her daughter and now hosts birthday parties in the building’s community room. It’s part of a citywide effort to repurpose former schools into housing and hubs, with…