The New Neighbors: A Report on Urban Homesteading
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A film produced by William H. Birch & Associates for the city of Chicago documenting the 1976 Urban Homestead Demonstration Program. The program dispensed 44 single-family homes in the Roseland and Austin neighborhoods, which had been abandoned, to applicants for $1. The new homeowners would then need to rehabilitate the house and remain in it for three years in order to claim full ownership.
Credits
Mary Laing (director); Mary Laing (producer); William H. Birch (cinematographer); Mary Laing (writer); Richard J. Daley (participant)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1976
Cfa collection: Deborah Rountree Collection
Subjects: Politics and government; Government officials; Maintenance and repair
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Austin; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Roseland; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,028 feet; Print, 1,030 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35327; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35328
Cfa collection: Deborah Rountree Collection
Subjects: Politics and government; Government officials; Maintenance and repair
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Austin; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Roseland; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 1,028 feet; Print, 1,030 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35327; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/35328
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:01