By A.L. Smith-Contributing Writer Two multi-family Woodlawn properties renamed Mattie Butler Apartments, honoring her housing advocacy Woodlawn was once neglected, disinvested, and considered a dangerous south side Chicago area beset by violence, and filled with at-risk, in need of repair properties. But a determined, fierce neighborhood advocate, Mattie Butler, stood tall, confronted, challenged, and changed … Chicago’s iconic affordable housing advocate Mattie Butler honored Read More »
