The Deer Center previously housed Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School. The former school building had been sitting vacant for 20 years before LCLC purchased it for $30,000 in 2018, according to Nellis. The nonprofit purchased the building using a mix of public and private funds, including $7.5 million from the state, a $13 million new tax credit allocation from the Corporation for Supportive Housing, and $4.3 million from the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund.
